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November 8, 2023
Six Key Things Successful M&CI Platforms Have in Common In today’s fast-paced business landscape, the importance of accurate and timely market and competitive intelligence (M&CI) cannot be overstated. It is a vital resource for making well-informed decisions in a dynamic and competitive environment. A complete M&CI platform stands as a powerful tool that empowers organizations […]
November 1, 2023
5 Ways to Leverage AI in Competitive Intelligence: Key Strategies for Innovation-Driven Enterprises In a world where information is power, and that information is vast and ever-changing, AI is gaining importance by the day. More than ever, companies are looking to AI as an essential strategic tool to stay competitive. This is particularly true for […]
September 4, 2023
In the realm of market and competitive intelligence (M&CI), businesses rely on robust platforms to gain valuable insights to stay ahead of the competition and make informed decisions. One key resource that organizations often rely on when looking for guidance in evaluating and making the best decision in selecting the right intelligence platform is the […]
August 16, 2023
The post How to Rethink Market Monitoring to Survive Turbulent Times appeared first on intelligence2day. In times of major disruption or global crisis, organizations often prioritize cost-cutting and streamlining as a means of surviving turbulent market conditions.
August 9, 2023
We gained a deeper understanding of him through a series of questions. Please tell us a little about yourself. Briefly, I am based in Helsinki, Finland where I grew up. During my business university studies, at the age of 21, I co-founded a company that eventually grew into Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA). Our primary focus […]
April 19, 2023
In his recent article on MCI organization, Gabriel Anderbjörk clarifies some very valuable insights for MCI development management. The piece is particularly interesting for our Comintelli constituency so below you will find it republished in full. Read it and learn how to: balance your MCI development efforts in a structured way in order to make […]
April 6, 2023
Ambassador Series, Part 4 — Written by Petteri Verronen, Comintelli Ambassador and Competitive Intelligence Advisor, and Kari Syrjä, Comintelli Global Competitive Intelligence Ambassador Network Chairman Key Takeaways When a crisis hits many companies go into a cost-cutting mindset, while that is the golden moment for market and competitive intelligence professionals to shine. By taking a […]
March 20, 2023
We’re thrilled to welcome Deb Kemp to the Comintelli team as the Head of Customer Success for our North American clients, having previously worked in the same capacity at Cipher. To get to know her better, we asked her a few questions. Tell us about your career so far… I’ve had stints in consumer market […]
March 2, 2023
By Jesper Martell, CEO Comintelli Having worked with competitive intelligence for over 20 years, I have often been asked “What is a successful CI program?” In my experience, it is not about having the best process, tools, training, or analysis methods. Instead, the most common denominator in all successful CI programs is that they have […]
February 20, 2023
By Kari Syrjä with assistance from Philipps and Shell Talent Intelligence leaders Market and competitive intelligence cover many areas, but one of the critical yet sometimes neglected areas is the focus on people. A particular subsection of this is Talent Intelligence. This blog dives deeper into Talent Intelligence. What is it? Why is it important? […]
February 2, 2023
As you may have heard, Comintelli has acquired Knowledge360® from Cipher. It’s an exciting time for all of us, and especially so for Cipher’s Knowledge360® customers who are now part of the Comintelli family. A warm welcome to all of you! We can’t wait to get to know each business and its representatives better over […]
January 27, 2023
These days, businesses are challenged with staying competitive and relevant in an ever-changing market. Competitive advantage becomes a fleeting possibility if organizations don’t consider market and competitive intelligence at every turn. However, with all the technology available today, the click of a mouse can provide you with the information you require. Finding data about customers, […]
January 25, 2023
Blog based on Gartner & Forrester Reports Both the major IT analyst firms Gartner and Forrester recently released research done on the Market and Competitive Intelligence (M&CI) tools landscape. The fact that both Gartner and Forrester are giving this much attention to M&CI shows the increasing importance and impact it is having on enterprises. The […]
January 11, 2023
Ambassador Series, Part 3 — Written by Ubald Kragten, Comintelli Ambassador and founder of EyE on I, Innovation scouting consultancy, and Kari Syrjä, Head of Growth at Comintelli Join Ubald Kragten and Kari Syrjä for a webinar on identifying and acting on emerging innovation Key takeaways Expanding your view beyond your company’s existing value drivers […]
November 28, 2022
Every organization needs information. They need to know what their competition is doing, what’s happening in the greater market and with their customers, and how events in the world can impact their business. Usually, analysts deal with this data, but there is an increasing amount of information available and that complicates things. We need tools […]
November 17, 2022
Revealing “secrets” of the Competitive and Market Intelligence world. Practical real life use cases. Ambassador Series, Part 2 — Written by Steve Schulz, President at Line of Sight Group and Kari Syrjä, Head of Growth at Comintelli In these blogs, we at Comintelli have highlighted different perspectives to market and competitive intelligence (CI) definitions, concepts […]
November 8, 2022
We are delighted to have Dorian Cannerfelt join the team as an Account Executive! We got to know her better with a few questions. Tell us about your career so far… I have worked in both B2B and B2C sales for over 20 years in a variety of industries. Ultimately, I truly have a passion […]
November 1, 2022
Talk to anyone in the intelligence community and you will hear all kinds of terminology thrown around. It’s no surprise to hear words such as competitive intelligence, market intelligence, M&CI, business intelligence, or even lesser-known terms like talent intelligence. But do you know what all these kinds of intelligence actually mean? It’s okay if you […]
October 21, 2022
We are excited to introduce Hicham Zermane as Onboarding Consultant! We sat down and got to know him a bit better. Tell us about your career so far… In 2016, I started my career in Dubai as a Retention Specialist at Etisalat — the largest Telecom company in the United Arab Emirates. In this role, […]
October 17, 2022
Expert User Series, Part 1 — Written by Kelly See, Knowledge Analyst at Ericsson The work of competitive intelligence (CI) depends largely on insights from external sources — market research, company press releases, and company financial statements, to name a few. Competitive intelligence software makes the work of storing and finding external materials much easier. […]
October 10, 2022
We are thrilled to have Sune join our team as Head of Customer Success! We asked him a few questions to get to know him better. Tell us about your career so far… Since 2005, I have been working in the Market & Competitive Intelligence industry in a variety of different roles. My first job […]
September 20, 2022
Ambassador Series, Part 1 — Written by Luis Madureira, PhD Researcher and Invited Professor from NOVA Information Management School and Kari Syrjä, Head of Growth at Comintelli Practical Ways to Turn “Nice-to-Know Reports” into Actions That Move Companies Recently, Ben Gilad, Founder of the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, posted a provocative blog on LinkedIn. In […]
September 19, 2022
We are proud to share our customer satisfaction survey results for 2022 with you! A big thank you to all our customers that participated in our annual customer satisfaction survey. Your valuable feedback helps us to improve our platform and service so that we can best meet the needs of your business and exceed your […]
July 22, 2022
Understanding an industry by use of competitive intelligence is increasingly important in today’s fast-paced environment. Reading relevant stories is just one way to expose yourself to the world of CI. It is very important to be sharing knowledge, especially in a community of intelligence. Below, you will find a list of CI books that we […]
July 19, 2022
Speaker: Carmen Medina ~ professional thinker and co-author of Rebels at Work SCIP session found here: Why Your Organization Needs Intelligence Rebels – Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) At the April 2022 Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) IntelliCon session, Carmen Medina dives into her story, describing her journey as an intelligence rebel. About […]
June 22, 2022
Per Lager, Education Coordinator at the Swedish Defense College (Försvarshögskolan), recently spoke at SCIP Nordic event sponsored by Comintelli and Kairos Future. Below is a summary of his speech from the event. In today’s fast-changing environment, knowledge only has a half-life of five years – meaning that five years from now, only half of all […]
May 18, 2022
We are thrilled to welcome Swathi Nair to the Comintelli team as our new Customer Success Manager! To welcome her fully, and introduce her to our customers, we sat down to ask a few questions. What are some of the highlights of your career thus far? I moved to Dubai in 2012, right after completing […]
May 13, 2022
The chemical industry is one of the biggest sectors in the world, not to mention, one of the most specialized industries there are, with some very large players from petrochemicals, refinery and agrochemicals to pesticides and paint and coatings industries. Such a large industry plays a vital role in our society, assisting in discovering new […]
April 1, 2022
There’s no doubt about it, technology is winning the race against time. There are thousands of new inventions every single day, catering to a number of different industries and the pharmaceutical industry is no stranger on the list. Today, the right technology is changing conference monitoring in pharmaceuticals to take a step ahead of competitors. […]
February 9, 2022
We are looking back and reflecting on the last year’s development of Intelligence2day®, as 2021 was an exciting year for us with many new features. This was also the first year of developing the new SaaS platform first, and the new functionality was released bi-weekly as micro-updates which are deployed in the background, with no […]
January 24, 2022
In our 3 part webinar series, we shared insight into technology and CI – how they go hand-in-hand, as well as what some of the myths, mistakes and lessons learned are around choosing a CI platform. Today, there are quite a few tools in the market that are being promoted as Competitive Intelligence tools or […]
January 13, 2022
We are thrilled to officially welcome Tiffany Donner to Comintelli’s Sales Team! We caught up with her for a few minutes to chat. Tell us about your career so far… I began my career in software development in Florida where I was also drawn to sales and people. I worked hard in my early years […]
November 24, 2021
Alain Beauvieux, an advisor of Intelligence2day® was recently interviewed by the French company Visionary Marketing and Innovation after an intriguing article he wrote on LinkedIn explaining the concept of market intelligence. We have summarized the article in English below. Market intelligence is a new approach that only early adopters are fully utilising Market and competitive […]
October 1, 2021
Jesper Martell, CEO of Comintelli, alongside Gabriel Anderbjörk CEO of Inzyon, have announced the launch of their new book, Gardens Of Intelligence which shares a framework for success in Market and Competitive Intelligence (MCI). The book dives deep into how leaders can develop digital market and competitive intelligence operations that can better prepare companies for […]
August 17, 2021
“Seeing Around Corners” by Rita McGrath was recommended to me as a book that competitive intelligence (CI) professionals should read, so I did just that this summer. And I have to agree because this book is all about inflection points and when everything changes irrevocably, as Andy Grove at Intel said, “A strategic inflection point […]
July 30, 2021
Do you really truly know your customers’ ever-changing needs and wants? What about your competition’s latest messaging, design and pricing? Staying on top of market trends and competitor moves is critical for any business to thrive and knowing the answers to those questions is vital. But when some organizations change and upgrade their brand every […]
July 14, 2021
The purpose of competitive intelligence is to support decision making by taking competitive forces into consideration when making decisions and judgements. Many working within competitive intelligence were intrigued when the book “Noise – A Flaw in Human Judgement” by Daniel Kahneman, Cass Sunstein and Olivier Sibony was published earlier this year. As soon as humans […]
June 9, 2021
What do Comintelli clients have to say? It’s that time of the year again! Each year, we send our Customer Satisfaction survey to all our clients, and this year we received a high response from a third of our clients from around the world. We are grateful to have such engaged clients. We do this […]
May 12, 2021
There is no doubt that technology has changed the way conference monitoring operates, both virtual conferences and live conferences. Either way, it’s important to use the right tools and software that support efficiencies, not to mention stay one step ahead of competitors. One of such tools should show companies exactly how to collect competitive intelligence […]
May 5, 2021
We are thrilled to have Kari Syrjä join the Comintelli team as Vice President of Sales. Kari Syrjä joins us with over 15 years of previous sales experience and has worked with the likes of Oracle, Canon, Proof Analytics and Vendisys.ai. We sat down with him for a short interview on his experience and what […]
April 6, 2021
More than ever before, major opportunities and threats will come from unexpected angles and no brain is capable of extracting a holistic and clear worldwide view in real-time using conventional investigation methods. Join us for this webinar where the Co-founders and CEOs of IntPact, Emmanuel Pellegrin and Raphael Mestanza will share techniques and tools to […]
April 1, 2021
We are thrilled to have Hans Hedin join the Comintelli team as a Senior Intelligence Consultant. Hans Hedin is a recognized expert in the field of international market and competitive intelligence. We sat down with him for an interview to learn more about his background and future. Tell us about your career thus far. My […]
March 29, 2021
Join us for this webinar where Comintelli’s Director of Customer Success, Jeff Mansfield, and Anja Fürbach, Senior Expert Market Intelligence at SVP AG, will share techniques and tools to help you track and discover customer needs, competitor moves and market trends. Let’s meet on Wednesday, 31th March at 17:00 – 18:00 CET REGISTER NOW What […]
February 4, 2021
Some of the most common statements we hear from companies we haven’t yet worked with sound something along the lines of, “We’re doing okay on the day-to-day, but if anything else happens, we’ve got problems.” Of course, if you’re reading this article, you will know this statement all too well, which is why it’s important […]
January 27, 2021
Comintelli’s Market Intelligence specialist, Emil Karlsson, and Norman Pirngruber, SVP Deutschlands Mobility industry expert, will share techniques and tools to help you track and discover customer needs, competitor moves and market trends. In this webinar, we will share: How to get support for making strategic decisions in this dynamic industry. How market intelligence tools help […]
January 11, 2021
This month we interview Luis, Madureira, Managing Partner of Uberbrands. 1. What does Market and Competitive intelligence (M&CI) mean to you? Market and Competitive Intelligence are two different things. I am currently writing a scientific paper which addresses this topic based on circa 800 definitions of everything Intelligence. Competitive Intelligence appears in both scientific and […]
November 6, 2020
In a world that has an infinite and growing amount of data available at all times, did you know that only a small percentage of it is actually used in the correct way? Competitive intelligence professionals need to be equipped with the right tools and resources to make sifting through data more efficient in order […]
November 5, 2020
Intelligence2day® is an elaborate platform for market and competitive intelligence – one that has many capabilities. Because of this, we encourage our customers to ask as many questions as possible so that they can utilize every aspect of the platform. Perhaps you have a few questions too about maximizing your own market and competitive intelligence? […]
October 6, 2020
In today’s fast-paced world, driven by artificial intelligence, it’s easy to believe that machines can do a good job of analyzing information into actionable intelligence. It isn’t too far off in the future and we do believe there is progress being made. But in the meantime, companies need to leverage machine learning technologies and AI […]
September 16, 2020
Join this webinar for a live demo of the new AI based features. Presented by: Jesper Martell, CEO at Comintelli and Anders Thulin, CTO at Comintelli. Date: October 6, 2020 Time: 16:00 Central European Time, 10:00 Eastern US Time
August 31, 2020
A little while ago, we asked our clients to complete our customer satisfaction survey. We do this every year to help us better understand our clients’ needs and to help us develop even further so that we can continuously serve them to our best abilities. And we weren’t surprised that most of our clients were […]
July 31, 2020
Today, businesses are in a state of information overload. The huge growth of unstructured information makes it very difficult to make the right information accessible. Information and knowledge tend to be stored in separate silos that are hard to access, rarely shared and it is hard to even know what already exists. The challenge is […]
May 20, 2020
Join this interactive online session and learn about how senario planning is being done at The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. Moderated by Ingemar Svensson, with Henrik Sköld, who manages the Market Intelligence function at the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. When? June 10, 2020 at 16:00-17:00 CET
May 14, 2020
An interactive online session and learn about a recent case from a multinational medtech company that was able to increase its market share significantly over a three-year period by implementing a focused and sustainable corporate program to win customers from competitors. Moderated by Ingemar Svensson, with Sif Adamsen, Owner, SA Intelligence. Register here for access […]
April 29, 2020
It’s no shock that COVID-19 has shaken up the world, both professionally and personally. It’s had an enormous impact on each and every individual’s lives, whether they have been directly affected or not. We’ve all had to adapt to this big change. And so has the world of market and competitive intelligence. In fact, so […]
April 17, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to experience IntelliSummit the way we normally do; with lots of great presentations from stage, interesting roundtable discussions. And inspiring small talk with peers. By re-engineering the event, however, we feel we still bring the core value of the summit to our participants; to learn something new, to network […]
April 17, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to experience IntelliSummit the way we normally do; with lots of great presentations from stage, interesting roundtable discussions. And inspiring small talk with peers. By re-engineering the event, however, we feel we still bring the core value of the summit to our participants; to learn something new, to network […]
March 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to experience IntelliSummit the way we normally do; with lots of great presentations from stage, interesting roundtable discussions. And inspiring small talk with peers. By re-engineering the event, however, we feel we still bring the core value of the summit to our participants; to learn something new, to network […]
March 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to experience IntelliSummit the way we normally do; with lots of great presentations from stage, interesting roundtable discussions. And inspiring small talk with peers. By re-engineering the event, however, we feel we still bring the core value of the summit to our participants; to learn something new, to network […]
February 14, 2020
Data is more valuable than oil today. And more abundant than ever before. Still, only a fraction of it is used for analysis. A lot of is noise of course but the part of the total volume that is suitable for analysis has grown; from 22 % in 2012 to 37 % today, according research […]
December 13, 2019
Market and competitive intelligence is a key strategic business competency that aims at providing actionable insights about the rapidly changing business environment. To do this, organizations need a solution that filters and manages the oceans of available information about their business, competitors and trends. We call this an Intelligence Management solution in which technology is […]
December 11, 2019
Market and competitive intelligence (M&CI) is a fundamental strategic business competency, and a growing range of technology solutions are available for optimizing this work. It’s a good time to upgrade the approach you’re using now and consider adopting M&CI technology. This webinar will cover key areas for decision-making (though not specific products) including: How […]
December 10, 2019
The traditional Intelligence Cycle is no longer valid. The companies of today work in decentralized organizations with distributed decision-making. Everybody is a user and producer of intelligence. Hence, Comintelli has updated the cycle and launched the FIRE process® to enable a collaborative intelligence framework within an organization while making each member of it more efficient […]
November 21, 2019
Multiple methods of providing intelligence should be set up to ensure insights are used and acted upon. It is much easier to reach decision makers and share insights within applications they already use. This includes popular applications such as e-mail, instant messaging, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), intranets, Business Intelligence (BI), databases, portals. Intelligence2day® has powerful […]
October 24, 2019
Any analyst, or anyone working with information handling for that matter, is interested in getting more done in less time. Experienced and knowledgeable analysts with access to smart tools are better prepared to deliver on promises than others. Still. Inefficiencies often exist, e.g hundreds, maybe thousands of features in Microsoft Excel are never used by […]
October 15, 2019
This webinar introduced a framework to build an effective and valued Competitive Intelligence (CI) Strategy. Many CI functions operate without a clear sense of purpose on its primary role and how to provide the most impact. We will share insights gleaned from nearly three decades of working with global organizations across multiple industries in building […]
September 12, 2019
The better quality content you have, the more value your competitive and market intelligence system will have. However, this requires a good understanding of how to put together the right mix of sources for intelligence. Our presenter, Robin, will provide tips on how to find and validate sources to get the most out of your […]
August 20, 2019
The better quality content you have, the more value your competitive and market intelligence system will have. However, this requires a good understanding of how to put together the right mix of sources for intelligence. Our guest presenter, Robin, from the independent research firm Jinfo, will provide tips on how to find and validate sources […]
June 6, 2019
Presenters: Jesper Martell, CEO and cofounder of Comintelli & Paul Santilli, WW Business Intelligence & Customer Insights Organization at Hewlett Packard Enterprise For recordings of past webinars, please visit our Online Resource Center.
May 20, 2019
This webinar will highlight the state of technologies being used in Competitive/Market Intelligence solutions today and what value they bring to modern organizations through Augmented Intelligence. It will draw on some of the learnings and conclusions from the interactive session with the same title held at the SCIP Conference in Orlando 2019. (Prsented by Jesper […]
March 13, 2019
Title: How can organizations capture business opportunities by involving everyone in Market and Competitive Intelligence? Presenters: Cinny Little, Senior Advisor at Forrester & Jesper Martell, CEO at Comintelli Summary: In today’s hypercompetitive business environment, every Competitive Intelligence (CI) unit’s mission should be to support the company in making sound business decisions, either on a strategic […]
