16 Oct BI vs CI vs MI
It can be confusing and frustrating: you need insights and data to give you a competitive edge, so you search for good intelligence. What you find is that business intelligence, competitive intelligence and market intelligence are all vying for your attention and in some cases,…
14 Oct Valuing federal libraries
With so much information available electronically, libraries everywhere—whether law firm, corporate or government—are under the microscope and increasingly called upon to justify the precious real estate they occupy.
11 Oct Just one word: ̶P̶l̶a̶s̶t̶i̶c̶s̶ Data
One of the classic scenes in the movie THE GRADUATE explains to the young Dustin Hoffman character that the future lies in plastics. Spool forward 50 years and the concept to replace plastics is data. ARK Group’s upcoming legal KM conference—October 22-23 in New York—…
09 Oct Competitive intelligence in law firms
Avoiding surprises—that’s one of the biggest benefits of competitive intelligence. Credit for this succinct description goes to Zena Applebaum. She was one of several great speakers at the recent ARK Group’s 13th annual Competitive Intelligence in the Modern Law Firm conference in New York. LAC…
30 Sep Should you do multi-year vendor contracts?
When procurement professionals are involved in a request-for-proposal (RFP) process to fulfill a specific business need, one of the most critical factors in structuring the vendor contract with vendors is the contract duration: long-term or short-term?
24 Sep Visual intelligence (Part 1)
With my move to LAC Group this year, I spend more time thinking about visual intelligence. LAC provides competitive intelligence and business research. We think about how to present findings to tap visual intelligence in a way that engages the audience. Engagement is key so…
23 Sep The ethics of competitive intelligence
We live in an age of data overabundance, where it’s often difficult to identify important information and how it may be used to drive business growth. As providers of market and competitive intelligence research services, we’re deeply familiar with ethical and legal concerns and the…
12 Sep Film and photos lost, now found, part II
Movies and pictures have been a part of life since the 19th century, but in the past they were more compartmentalized. Today, our devices have screens and they’re connected, allowing us to process more images every day: Documentaries, other programs and even commercials are being…
09 Sep LAC employee spotlight: Chris McKee
Growing up in Canada, it was probably no surprise that Chris McKee wanted to be a hockey player. Yet around the time he realized that a career in the NHL was unlikely, Chris also discovered he had a passion for history, current affairs and English—the…