G2 Annual Conference News
Introducing our RECONVERGE:G2 2018 Co-Chairs: Bridget Wegener and Richard Caldwell
I am humbled and honored to have two people I deeply respect join us on this journey of discovery. We have not chosen an easy path with RECONVERGE:G2 2018. And confronting the elephant in the room – the risk to our core values – is not for the faint of heart. But with Bridget and Rich leading us, I am confident we will succeed. Together.
Values Disruption: How Intelligence Analysts Make Business Leaders More Teachable and Awaken Cultures of Humility
Only the most forward-thinking software engineers and data scientists claim to understand the multiplying variety of disruptive digital technologies and trends invading our organizations. Even worse, the business leaders deciding how to deflect, adopt or simply question the impacts of these disruptors on their strategies and stakeholders are handicapped by biases of superiority, optimism and illusions of control. As analysts, the confusion we feel when assessing the potential impacts of these trends on the companies we serve is frustrating and demoralizing. Why can’t leaders admit we know less than we think we do?
Customer Centricity Simulation
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…
Innovation Intelligence
Rounding out Wednesday afternoon sessions at the Aurora WDC intelligence leadership symposium, RECONVERGE:G2, was a presentation by Clay Phillips, Founder and Principal, Crow’s Nest Consulting LLC, who discussed the concept of innovation intelligence.
CI and CTI Integration for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMES)
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…
Intelligence Shark Tank
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…
How to Navigate the Corporate Game: An Intelligence Practitioner’s Cheat Code
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…
The Process of Reinvention
“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…
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Case for Embedded Intelligence
“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….
Reinventing the Collaboration of Industry and Government: FDA Case Studies
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…