I decided to launch a blog in English for several reasons :



1/ Professionally speaking, I feel my horizons in France are limited. Competitive Intelligence in France is way behind England, not to mention the USA. In France, being a Competitive Intelligence professionnal means you are a spy. Most Competitive Intelligence workers are either trainees or work for the French Government. And people working in French Companies have to hide that they are proficient on Competitive… Continue

It is 10:00 AM this Wednesday morning, when I enter the I-Expo Show, the place in Paris where Competitive Intelligence professionnals meet. They all came, they are all here, those who propose Data Collection Software. It feels like being at the Documation Show : no Competitive Intelligence Agency (apart from FLA Consultants), no…

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Hello,

Should you wish to improve your French reading, here is a topic I posted yesterday on my blog.

It could be subtitled : what goes around comes around...

http://patrickcuenot.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/methodes-de-recrutement-discriminatoires-un-charge-de-veille-avertit/

Being an Online Reseach Analyst, and spending all you days checking the Web in order to understand what went through people's head, as passionating as it can be, is a lonely job. Which was why this last Friday of April, I was out for an R'Com meeting near the Ecole Militaire in Paris, which gather professionals in communication.

The weather was cool in Paris, when I arrived at the "…

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