Comments on: TOR vs. TIVE http://www.knowledgevaluechain.com/2009/04/27/tor-vs-tive/ Observations by Tim Powell Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:37:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Max Nelson http://www.knowledgevaluechain.com/2009/04/27/tor-vs-tive/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Max Nelson Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:25:50 +0000 http://www.knowledgevaluechain.com/?p=234#comment-238 Didn't think it was an either/or... Ideally, aren't we really providing knowledge regarding the strategic environment to decision-makers to inform and improve their decision-making and action-taking? As such, aren't we responsible for providing knowledge regarding both the competitors themselves as well as the competitive context in which they are acting? For if we don't, aren't we forcing the decision-makers themselves to examine the competitors in this broader context? If not us, then whom? And if others are doing the work of providing the decision-makers with deeper insights into the competitive environment and the overall strategic environment so that we are simply gathering data into competitor profiles... how much value-added are we truly providing in today's data and information-rich world? Didn’t think it was an either/or…

Ideally, aren’t we really providing knowledge regarding the strategic environment to decision-makers to inform and improve their decision-making and action-taking? As such, aren’t we responsible for providing knowledge regarding both the competitors themselves as well as the competitive context in which they are acting? For if we don’t, aren’t we forcing the decision-makers themselves to examine the competitors in this broader context?

If not us, then whom? And if others are doing the work of providing the decision-makers with deeper insights into the competitive environment and the overall strategic environment so that we are simply gathering data into competitor profiles… how much value-added are we truly providing in today’s data and information-rich world?

]]> By: Mislav Jurisic http://www.knowledgevaluechain.com/2009/04/27/tor-vs-tive/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Mislav Jurisic Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:56:28 +0000 http://www.knowledgevaluechain.com/?p=234#comment-237 Unfortunately, couldn't make it to Active Dialogue that you lead on this topic. I would say you would get even more different answers if you allowed for them. At least if you asked an audience that is not only CI producers (but users as well). By offering only two items you limited their voting options. I would vote for second option, but I think that it depends a lot on questions we get from customers as well as the industry itself. If you are in industry with one equal competitor or close to you you would want to take a good look at it and probably your internal clients as well. I agree that you could argue that you might bring more value and even find some important insights by looking at other factors where by acting on them you would distinguish yourself from that competitor. Please disregard if there is no additional value in the comments Regards Mislav Unfortunately, couldn’t make it to Active Dialogue that you lead on this topic.
I would say you would get even more different answers if you allowed for them. At least if you asked an audience that is not only CI producers (but users as well).
By offering only two items you limited their voting options.
I would vote for second option, but I think that it depends a lot on questions we get from customers as well as the industry itself. If you are in industry with one equal competitor or close to you you would want to take a good look at it and probably your internal clients as well. I agree that you could argue that you might bring more value and even find some important insights by looking at other factors where by acting on them you would distinguish yourself from that competitor.
Please disregard if there is no additional value in the comments
Regards
Mislav

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