For those of you who have yet to register, please be reminded that SLA’s CI Division will be presenting the first in a new series of educational webinars for its members and other research professionals interested in the Division. Again, we will be focusing on a topic that is relevant and practical for information professionals with CI-related responsibilities.
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Time: 1:00pm EST
You can register for the webinar at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/355714194
The topic for our January webinar is “Next Generation Intelligence Analysis: Applications, Methods and Processes for Elevating Your Organization's Analytical Capabilities and Integrating with Key Intelligence Topics (KITs).”
The next generation of intelligence analysis looks very different from the analysis done in our organizations over the past few years. Driving forces, including needs to address the growing complexity of competitive and environmental factors, better dealing with the global explosion of data available, and the urgent need for alternative cognitive models, among other things, have brought intelligence analysis to a tipping point.
Based on over 15 years of research conducted with hundreds of global organizations, Dr. Craig S. Fleisher, the "Dean of Intelligence Analysis" will discuss how analysis practices and processes are being reengineered to meet rapidly changing needs of decision-makers. Dr. Fleisher will illustrate several next generation analytical elements, the development of structured analytical methodologies, the means for uniting key intelligence topics (KITs) and analytical techniques in a framework known as KITs+1™, collaborative insight mechanics driven by Web 2.0 applications such as wikis, and nascent models for training and development like the one called Analytical Fitness™ that Aurora is using with its own analysts and clients.
Dr. Craig S. Fleisher is the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) at Aurora WDC. Craig has authored several essential CI books including the Financial Times Guide to Analysis for Managers (2009), Business and Competitive Analysis (FT Press, 2007), and Strategic and Competitive Analysis (Pearson, 2003), among others. A former SCIP president and long-serving Board member, he originated and was inaugural chair of the CI Foundation, served as founding editor of the Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, and is a SCIP Meritorious Award winner and Fellow.
He was Dean, MBA Director and University Research Chair, and was recognized as one of Canada's top MBA professors in Canadian Business while serving at the business or management schools at the U. of Calgary, Windsor, WLU and UNB. A long-standing member of the Canadian Who's Who, he continues to teach graduate or executive courses for universities in Australia, China, Finland, Switzerland, UK and USA as well as developing and delivering custom executive courses in intelligence and analysis. Contact Craig at [email protected] or see his full profile at http://CI2020.com/profile/CraigSFleisher.
This event is sponsored by our vendor partners at Aurora WDC (www.aurorawdc.com) and is offered on a complimentary basis to current and prospective SLA CI Division members. However, please note that future webinars will be offered as a specific benefit of CID membership only. Prospective members and interested others will be required to pay a fee in order to participate.
Educational webinars are only one of the many and varied benefits of CID membership. Please contact any member of the CI Division board or check out our forthcoming new website for details.
Toni Wilson
Past-Chair, SLA CI Division
