This is a hodgepodge episode of the CI Podcast. Caling all CI veterans for their war stories!! CI applications for a new on-line media transcription tool. August sees CI everywhere in the MBA program. A podcast recommendation. Fortune says Google doesn't look at the competition, but we know better.

This episode is an interview with Adrian Alvarez of Midas Consulting. Adrian is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He provides an introduction into conducting and deliverying CI in Latin America.

I wanted to bring to your attention the SCIP webinar "Competitive Intelligence Ethics" hosted by Richard Horowitz. Mr. Horowitz spoke at my local SCIP chapter recently and I learned a lot about the ethics and law of CI. Click here for info and to register.

A very lively and thought-provoking interview with Eric Garland, Principal of Competitive Futures and both a CI practitioner and futurist. Eric is also the author of the forthcoming "Future, Inc.: How Businesses Can Anticipate And Profit from What's Next" which goes on sale 30 November.

This is a very lively interview with Ben Gilad from the Academy of Competitive Intelligence and David Hartmann from Strategic Surprise. Ben talks about Strategic Early Warning and Blindspots, and David educates us on Proactive Asymetric Strategy. Your assumptions will be challenged!

A short hodgepodge episode highlighting a recent big business news story with a CI angle and lesson, a new book CI professionals should add to their fall reading list, tracking the Hoovers zeitgeist and an on-line forum for CI professionals.

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.

In a somewhat opinionated episode, we look at some recent articles in the general media which discuss CI. Included is a look at two articles which talk about the growth of the CI practice within the legal profession.

Interview with John McGonagle of The Helicon Group on the uses and misuses of Microsoft Powerpoint. Learn some methods to make the most of what can be a useful if flawed platform for the delivery of CI products.

Summary of the SCIP06 keynote by Professor Clayton Christensen and some related thoughts.