http://blog.academyci.com Sharp ideas and comments from ACI Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:32:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fortune Nov. 14, 2005 carried a short piece on The Corporate Library (TLC), an independent agency rating corporations for the performance of their board of directors (”Forecasting the next big blowup”, pp. 46-48). If you have not seen this piece, get it. It is an amazing tool in the ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=14 The Academy had the largest Fall program ever, ending this week. Everyone tries to imitate us, and yet we are flourishing. I assume it has something to do with our strategy. I’ll come back to this. At the end of my last course on Nov. 16 (Value Chain Analysis), Marna came ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=13 The Burning Bush Ben Gilad A recent report released by a team of former CIA analysts, led by a former deputy CIA director Richard Kerr, reveals that in the months leading to the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration’s policy committee was very receptive to the (wrong) technical intelligence about the non ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=12 How Much is Your Competitive Intelligence Worth? By: Jan P. Herring Intelligence professionals are often asked to assess the value of their business or competitive intelligence (BI/CI) effort. Most say it cannot be done. I disagree! You can measure its value; both quantitatively and how it is perceived, especially ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=11 By Leonard Fuld The reason competitive intelligence programs often fail in companies is because the people in charge of developing intelligence make one or a number of potentially fatal mistakes. I list a few of them here. You may believe there are others, or you may disagree with me altogether. ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=10 This is a piece about CI and strategic early warning. If you hate big picture pieces, skip it. If you think your executives already have the handle on most of the important trends in your industry, perhaps you should read it. Did you know which company increased in sales and ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=5 First, thanks for the quick comments! Here are some acknowledgements: 1. China. Mike, don’t let me start on China. I think it is the biggest bluff in decades. I am waiting for the next cultural revolution to nationalize all the suckers who went in. I doubt one in 100 ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=3 Every one who is anyone seems to have a blog. We, on the other hand, had an old-world paper Alumni Newsletter. At a certain point, the hassle of printing a newsletter and distributing it to our ever expanding body of graduates became too much. Also, the lack of feedback was ... http://blog.academyci.com/?p=2