A Year of Growth, Evolution and Change
 In 2011, SCIP had one of its best years on record. We held major conferences in four worldwide cities, including Orlando; São Paulo, Singapore and Vienna. These events were all noteworthy for the excellent content delivered, the continued growth of the audience and the passion of the attendees. SCIP’s presence in social media also increased. In November, the SCIP LinkedIn group topped 10,000 members and continues to grow.
SCIP also achieved a major goal its founders envisioned
26 years ago: offering professional certification. The SCIP-CIPTM
Certification Conferred by ACI is a joint venture with the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, founded by three luminaries Leonard Fuld, Jan Herring and Ben Gilad. We held sessions in Florida, Singapore, Malaysia and Austria in addition to multi-week sessions in Boston and Brussels.
SCIP significantly expanded membership networking opportunities within the various conferences, certification training, social media and an expanding network of global chapters. Coupled with the established products and services offered through the international offices in Virginia, SCIP’s membership has grown 20 percent in the last
18 months, and 2012 will be an even better year.
I wish you a joyous holiday season.
Sincerely,
Ken Garrison
CEO, SCIP
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By Bonnie Hohhof
Director of Competitive Research
SCIP
Mega trends cross all industries and regions and can completely change our competitive environment. Bonnie Hohhof sat at the energy and power supply industry table at the "Mega Trend Think Tank" held at SCIP 2011 Europe. Here, she shares the mega trends impacting their industry as they discussed the skills and actions needed to help increase the impact of their intelligence.
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By Scott Leeb
VP for Business Intelligence
Prudential Retirement
Scott Leeb reflects on the accomplishments and growth of SCIP
in 2011 as he closes out his year as Chair of SCIP's Board of Directors.
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By Dr. Ben Gilad
President
Fuld-Gilad-Herring Academy of
Competitive Intelligence
Intuition. Gut instinct. Expertise. All part of the human decision-making experience. However, in business, these qualities could lead to poor judgment. Ben Gilad discusses the tools and techniques CI practitioners use to overcome competitive blindspots.
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By Clyde Rettig
Director
CharterMast Partners LLC
The Oakland Athletics major league baseball team nearly made it to the World Series in 2002 after applying pertinent metrics to their recruiting practices rather than following less accurate, industry standards previously employed by scouts and coaches. Likewise, using the right metrics in business can be a game changer.
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By Dale Fehringer
Freelance Writer, Editor
Inkwell Productions
Maag and Kalinowski's new book is a quick read on the practice, role and benefits of competitive intelligence told through the fictional experiences of business executive Jack Turner. Not another textbook-turned-CI-Bible or hard-hitting reference manual on CI analytic methods, this book hits the mark as a CI primer that easily answers the difficult question, "What is CI?"
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Interview with Co-author, Gary Maag. Courtesy
of NBC Chicago
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By Kristan Wheaton
Assistant Professor
Intelligence Studies Department
Mercyhurst College
Academia has its perks! Mercyhurst College Professor Kristan Wheaton shares a few of the more interesting links that recently came across his desk, courtesy of friends and alumni in the field.
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By Cliff Kalb
Vice President
C. Kalb & Associates
Five years later, this is an interesting look back at Cliff Kalb's 2006 Competitive Intelligence Magazine article on changes the competitive intelligence field and SCIP might undergo to best meet the needs of their members in the future.
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By Roger Phelps
President
Phelps Research Services
Participants at Wisconsin's local event discussed primary intelligence sources and the issues often faced by practitioners, including effective mapping of KITs, uncovering hard-to-find primary sources and reconciling ethics and legal standards while doing so.
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IN MEMORIAM
SCIP Mourns the Loss of Member Jim Mathews
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With heavy hearts, we share the news of Jim Mathews' passing. A leading thinker in the field of competitive intelligence, during his more than 25 years of practice, Mathews worked with Booz Allen, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, TASC and Raytheon. At this year's SCIP International Annual Conference, his long-time friends at Aurora WDC honored Jim with a scholarship fund in his name.
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