Comments on: Competitive Intelligence: Getting Past Impossible http://blog.jthawes.com/2009/06/04/competitive-intelligence-getting-past-impossible/ Helping Smart People Think Clearly About Strategy Fri, 27 May 2011 09:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Hawes http://blog.jthawes.com/2009/06/04/competitive-intelligence-getting-past-impossible/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Tom Hawes Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:23:26 +0000 http://tomhawes.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-41 Mark, Nice observation. Of course you are right about the cost of answers. Every answer costs something but sometimes that cost is prematurely or inadequately estimated (at least in my experience). -- Tom Mark,

Nice observation. Of course you are right about the cost of answers. Every answer costs something but sometimes that cost is prematurely or inadequately estimated (at least in my experience).

– Tom

]]> By: Tom Hawes http://blog.jthawes.com/2009/06/04/competitive-intelligence-getting-past-impossible/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Tom Hawes Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:21:56 +0000 http://tomhawes.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-40 Thanks, Arik, for your feedback. Glad that you have found my posts enjoyable. I will look at the CI site that you mentioned. -- Tom Thanks, Arik, for your feedback. Glad that you have found my posts enjoyable. I will look at the CI site that you mentioned.

– Tom

]]> By: cijedi http://blog.jthawes.com/2009/06/04/competitive-intelligence-getting-past-impossible/comment-page-1/#comment-42 cijedi Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:15:40 +0000 http://tomhawes.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-42 Excellent story. One of the keys is the sub-text question: How badly do you want the answer/solution? Almost all the innovation in the western world comes from the second question...how bad do you want it? Transplants in the surgery world. All of computer science in the technical world. Genetic science in the biological world. We cannot approach EVERY problem in a life or death fashion. But always remember the acronym for YAHOO is You Always Have Other Options. Mark Johnson Excellent story. One of the keys is the sub-text question: How badly do you want the answer/solution? Almost all the innovation in the western world comes from the second question…how bad do you want it? Transplants in the surgery world. All of computer science in the technical world. Genetic science in the biological world.

We cannot approach EVERY problem in a life or death fashion. But always remember the acronym for YAHOO is You Always Have Other Options.

Mark Johnson

]]> By: Arik Johnson http://blog.jthawes.com/2009/06/04/competitive-intelligence-getting-past-impossible/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Arik Johnson Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:58:41 +0000 http://tomhawes.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-39 Wow Tom! Fantastic story and great points on CI research methods. By the way, I've been enjoying reading your blog the past few weeks - keep up the great work and please join in the discussion on http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com as well! Cheers! - Arik Wow Tom! Fantastic story and great points on CI research methods.

By the way, I’ve been enjoying reading your blog the past few weeks – keep up the great work and please join in the discussion on http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com as well!

Cheers!

- Arik

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