In this episode I interview Alex Graham, Executive Director of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Alex discusses the results of two recent research surveys conducted by SCIP, the State of the Art: Competitive Intelligence (PDF of executive summary at http://www.scip.org/pdf/f_060608_stateofart_sum.pdf). He also discusses a survey of SCIP members on the question of certification and indications that the CI profession is on an upswing.