April, 2015

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Welcome to our website!

Competitive Insights

The journey of the development of the Competitive Insights website started late last year from some conversations with friends about the business and how to take it forward. Progress was assisted by an article on the back page of the Financial Review about some ex Bain & Company associates starting their business and the process they went through to get.

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STOP! Read This Before You Start your Business Intelligence Project!

Elegant BI

The good news is that today’s business and IT managers are excited about business intelligence and value it can bring to the organization, its users and its bottom line. The bad news is that, in their zeal to run headlong into the business intelligence market, many businesses are making missteps and mistakes that will haunt them and diminish the value of the business intelligence solution, thereby degrading ROI and TCO.

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Build your First Report in Microsoft Power BI Designer Part 2, Make it More User Friendly

BI Insight

In this post I would like to explain more details about Power BI Designer features. In the previous post you learnt how to create some very simple reports. However, those reports were just for testing general features of the tool. For instance we didn’t even play with very simple features like renaming the dimension or … Continue reading Build your First Report in Microsoft Power BI Designer Part 2, Make it More User Friendly.

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AIM expands presence in defense industry with research contract win

AIM

AIM expanded its expertise and major client base in the defense industry with a key contract win with a large prime contractor. AIM competed vigorously through the RFP process for the privilege to serve this crucial industry and received outstanding feedback from all stakeholders involved in the process. While AIM has a long history serving clients, this new contract reinforces and bolsters its standing as a highly qualified and top-tier research company capable of meeting the demanding, critica

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Evolution of V.U.C.A.

Sedulo

Prior to Heath Gross’ career in competitive intelligence, he served in the US Government as the Special Projects Officer for Counterterrorism in the Middle East. He worked in counterterrorism both before, and after 9/11. During that period Heath personally witnessed the accelerated transition from planning and fighting a conventional war, with clearly marked boundaries and military goals, to a war fought against terrorists and insurgents, a 360 degree battle field where the objectives of t

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Imagine the Possibilities! BI Tools Take You to the Top!

Elegant BI

There is no doubt that business intelligence is making businesses (and their employees) smarter, faster and better at everything from competing in the market to satisfying their customers, optimizing resources and creating new products and services. The popularity of BI Tools is undeniable and, as you might expect, recent studies and research validates the growth of the market, and the ways in which businesses leverage business intelligence to achieve, improve and sustain success.

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The Popularity of BI Tools Soars in Saudi Arabia

Elegant BI

Businesses in Saudi Arabia have recognized the value of Business Intelligence in attracting customers, achieving competitive advantage and building a bright future! Click here: [link].

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Strategy is the Name of the Game, and Business Intelligence is the Most Valuable Player

Elegant BI

Strategy is the name of the game and Business Intelligence is the most valuable player. Click here: [link].

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Build your First Report in Microsoft Power BI Designer Part 2, Make it More User Friendly

BI Insight

In this post I would like to explain more details about Power BI Designer features. In the previous post you learnt how to create some very simple reports. However, those reports were just for testing general features of the tool. For instance we didn’t even play with very simple features like renaming the dimension or … Continue reading Build your First Report in Microsoft Power BI Designer Part 2, Make it More User Friendly.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Build Your First Report in Microsoft Power BI Designer Part 1, Basics

BI Insight

First of all I would like to briefly explain Microsoft Power BI Designer. Then we’ll see how easy we can create a report using designer. I will use Adventure Works DW database as the source database. Microsoft Power BI Designer is basically an integration of Power Query and Power View. Saying that the tool is … Continue reading Build Your First Report in Microsoft Power BI Designer Part 1, Basics.

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Business Intelligence, Fast ROI, Low TCO: What’s Not to Like

Elegant BI

Business Intelligence, Fast ROI, Low TCO: What’s Not to Like. You’re looking to implement a business intelligence solution with some great dashboard software and lots of features and tools like balanced scorecards, key performance indicators (KPIs), what-if and sensitivity/impact analysis, forecasting, predictive analysis, personalized dashboards, self-serve BI tools, custom alerts, clear, concise reporting, OLAP analysis, and you want it now!

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AIM expands presence in defense industry with research contract win

AIM

AIM expanded its expertise and major client base in the defense industry with a key contract win with a large prime contractor. AIM competed vigorously through the RFP process for the privilege to serve this crucial industry and received outstanding feedback from all stakeholders involved in the process. While AIM has a long history serving clients, this new contract reinforces and bolsters its standing as a highly qualified and top-tier research company capable of meeting the demanding, critica

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