RECONVERGE Blog

There are cost effective CI platforms available to SMEs. Connor Hamel of James Madison University won a Jim Mathews Award presented to him at Aurora WDC’s RECONVERGE:G2 symposium on Thursday. Hamel delivered a session on his research to conference attendees on CI and…

Maximize lifetime value of “good” customers. Rounding out Aurora WDC’s slate of presentations on Thursday afternoon’s portion of the RECONVERGE G:2 symposium was Allison Hartsoe, CEO, Ambition Data, LLC, who facilitated a business simulation during which participants…

Core pieces of the intelligence function in times of corporate change can be revisited. Allyse Nockels concluded Aurora WDC’s RECONVERGE Tuesday schedule with her views on how to navigate the corporate game; she provided a practitioner’s cheat code based on her…

“Be so good they can’t ignore you” is good advice for all intel practitioners. Tom Leydorf, Executive Vice President Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc., kicked off Aurora WDC’s RECONVERGE G:2 intelligence symposium on Wednesday with his presentation on ‘The Process of…

“By sharing we can be smarter.” Zena Applebaum, Director of Competitive Intelligence, Bennett Jones, LLP, took the stage at the RECONVERGE G:2 conference on Wednesday morning in a compelling, interactive presentation on the merits of an embedded intelligence function….

Open communications key in building trust and collaboration; it will happen one person at a time. Jackie Torfin, Global Director, NAMSA, shared her perspectives on reinventing collaborations with government in her Wednesday morning session at Aurora WDC’s intelligence…

Lifelong learners will thrive in environments of change. In continuation of the RECONVERGE:G2 symposium theme of reinvention, Rob Shook, Program Director, IBM Training and Skills, IBM, and Bill Kirst, Organizational Change Management Leader, West Monroe Partners,…

Joel Whitaker, Global Head of Research, Frontier Strategy Group continued Wednesday’s presentations with his observations on how to capitalize on disruption.

Corporate culture surrounding an organization’s unique ‘acceptable’ level of risk in decision making is a critical consideration in CI ethics. Phil Britton of Ulta Beauty led a discussion on the perspectives and practices in digital intelligence to a captive audience…

“Old school” methodologies provide innovation and deliver insights. Aurora WDC’s RECONVERGE intelligence symposium focusing on “invention and reinvention” continued in Madison on Tuesday with a compelling presentation by Victoria Richard, Manager, Competitive…