The MindShifts Group is one of the world's leading specialist in Competitive Intelligence (CI), offering a unique range of services that will assist you in gaining superior insight into competitors, and the competitive forces you face.
Have a browse at our website to see how MindShifts can help you look at your business with a fresh set of eyes.
Upcoming Workshops in 2010 Australia & International Join us in Sydney on September 16 to gain or update your CI skills. What are the external factors that are likely to have the greatest impact on our firm in the future? Early Warning - How to anticipate threats and minimize risks:
Thursday September 16,
9.00am - 1.00pm Discounts are available for two or more attendees from the same organisation.
For more information, to register or to see our full program of workshops for 2010 - take a look at our Upcoming Workshop page.
Power Searching for CI Practitioners Web Search Pacific will be holding it's highly regarded workshops on searching the WWW in Australia with key international presenters Chris Sherman and Mary Ellen Bates. November 10 & 11: Melbourne
November 15 & 16: Canberra
November 17 & 18: Sydney
MindShifts registrants are entitled to special rates upon request.
To register and for more information: http://www.websearchpacific.com
Latest insights
Smart Ideas on Competitive Intelligence In this June 2010 podcast Babette Bensoussan discusses the Bluesin Technology CI Case Study in a 'Strategically Thinking' interview with Tom Hawes.
The Genius Behind Minority Report's Interfaces Resurfaces, With Mind-blowing New Technology This video will help you appreciate how fast gestural interfaces are developing. As tech advisor on the film Minority Report, John Underkoffler’s work inspired the interfaces that Tom Cruise used. The real-life system he's been developing, called g-speak, is unbelievable. In February, he unveiled his latest work at TED.
The video is 15 minutes long, but fast forward to 6:30 if you want to zip straight to the truly exciting demonstrations. Source: www.fastcompany.com
At MindShifts we are keen to add to the interest and understanding of the competitive forces our customers face. To access previous video clips of interest see our CI Resources section.
To be on our mailing list for the latest Competitive Intelligence insights and updates, register at Contact Us. Don't miss the July 2010 issue of our newsletter "MindShifts Matters" - out now!
In-House Training Solutions and Wargames Tailored Training
If you have a number of delegates with similar training needs, or are interested in conducting a Wargame, you may wish to consider having an in-house solution delivered
locally on-site. Courses can be tailored to specific requirements.
Please contact MindShifts to discuss further possibilities.
MindShifts also holds CI networking events as an opportunity for like-minded individuals to network with their peers. To receive advice of events Contact Us.
Babette Bensoussan, MindShifts Director and recipient of the prestigious SCIP Meritorious Award, is internationally recognised for her expertise in intelligence analysis.
Read Babette's Best Selling Competitive Intelligence Books:
The FT Guide to Analysis for Managers
This book gives you the 12 core methodologies that will make the way you evaluate business data and information more effective and more business-focused. Learn the fundamentals of these techniques and you’ll be able to analyse the performance and competitive fitness or both your own company and your competitors more effectively and take better strategic decisions about the future direction of your business.
Analysis Without Paralysis
In this book Babette Bensoussan and Craig Fleisher provide
managers and business owners with 10 tools to make better
decisions about business strategy, marketing, competition, positioning, product development and much more - all in plain English!
Business and Competitive Analysis
'Business and Competitive Analysis: Effective Application of New and Classic Methods' is about how individuals in organisations can turn data and information into insights that decision makers cannot and will not ignore. It provides its readers with a further 24 commonly applied methods
for helping generate actionable recommendations for decision makers.
Strategic and Competitive Analysis
'Strategic and Competitive Analysis' is globally a best selling
CI book. Covering
analysis and its relationship to
competitive
intelligence and strategy,
the book reviews 24 of the top techniques for analysing business competition.
eGems™ Collector Pro
Sometimes we come across an amazing piece of software and eGems™ Collector Pro is one of these. eGems™ is the easiest and fastest way to capture, organise and source your electronic research. It will help you save your valuable research 'gems', such as text, images and links, from the internet, digital libraries, email and open applications. Read more on this amazing product available through The MindShifts Group.
