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Competitive Intelligence Priorities for the New Year from the Experts

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As we head into the New Year, many of us are deep in planning, strategy brainstorm sessions, and goal-setting. For competitive intelligence (CI) practitioners, there are many elements to building your annual plan. CI pros have their own roles and KPIs to think about, but the impact of their work felt across the entire organization.

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An Analysis of Marketing In the Education Industry (2021)

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Teachers brainstorm new ways to engage and empower their students. Back-to-school season is always an exciting time of year. Classmates come together to trade tales of summertime adventure (and, eventually, employment). Parents wonder how their kids are getting so old.

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Chief data officers step into the business strategist spotlight

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To help build acumen at the top of the house, Dow hosted an AI immersion event with the companys top 150 senior leaders to educate them on gen AI and facilitate brainstorming on how AI can be used in the business. Data analytics is becoming more of a competitive advantage than technology these days, Gansle points out.

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Designing employee communication for the modern office

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This means that the way employees build relationships and get things done — team meetings, casual debriefings, and brainstorming sessions — must be as effective virtually as they are in person. Companies that create strong employee connections without regard to location gain a competitive advantage. X more likely to be agile 3.2

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5 best practices to successfully implement gen AI

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Even if you’re well into implementation on several use cases, an innovation workshop can be a great way to get end users to brainstorm and prioritize use cases. A key to this is to provide a supporting business case for use of the technology and how to calculate ROI. In this regard, gen AI is no different from other technologies.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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Your team needs to know they can trust you and each other to brainstorm openly, suggest ideas, experiment, and take risks — and even fail, without consequence. “I All companies need to constantly deploy new technologies to maintain competitiveness, he says. “An An upgraded phone system may be a new technology but it’s not innovation.

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4 key roles that define transformational IT leaders today

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By embracing adaptability, innovation, and strategic thinking, CIOs can effectively navigate the ever-changing landscape, creating a sustainable competitive advantage and fostering growth in an increasingly digital world.” Regardless of the title, a CIO’s responsibilities remain clear, Sezgin says. “By