
From Hannibal defeating the Roman army to the startup of Apple in the face of IBM and Microsoft, history is dotted with stories of David versus Goliath face-offs where an underdog competitor wins out thanks to a superior strategy. But whether you’re looking at pivotal battles of opposing armies or the fierce competitiveness of the…

The average time associated with bringing a new drug to market hovers around 10 years — with six or seven of those years spent in clinical trials. As such, the risks for pharmaceutical companies looking for a good ROI on their R&D efforts have never been greater. Besides the millions — and in many cases…

If you’re new to business war gaming, the exciting news is that you’re not alone. War gaming is a human-based experiential tool that, through targeted role play, allows you to better understand your competitor’s mindset and pressure test your own strategies. As Proactive Worldwide’s president and co-founder, David Kalinowski likes to say, “War gaming is…
Schaumburg, Illinois, March 20, 2019 Jeff Mansfield, Senior Vice President of Consumer and Industrial Goods at Proactive Worldwide, will moderate a roundtable discussion and host a user conference workshop at IntelliSummit™, which will be held on April 10 through April 12 in Stockholm, Sweden. Held annually in Stockholm, IntelliSummit™ is a three-day competitive intelligence —…
Schaumburg, Illinois, March 1, 2019 David Kalinowski, President of Proactive Worldwide, will host the workshop “Foundations in Competitive Intelligence” at SCIP 100/200 Boot Camp, which will take place in Baltimore, Maryland on March 27 and 28, 2019. The boot camp is an interactive event that’s intended to give participants the opportunity to learn and interact…
Schaumburg, Illinois, March 1, 2019 David Kalinowski, President of Proactive Worldwide, will be co-hosting with Jeffrey Jablonski of Erie Insurance the workshop “Implement a Strategic Early Warning Program to Mitigate Risk and Seize Opportunities” during the CAS 2019 Ratemaking, Product and Modeling (RPM) Seminar & Workshops, which will take place in Boston from March 25-27,…
Schaumburg, Illinois, March 1, 2019 Proactive Worldwide is proud to be a sponsor of the 2019 SIR Spring Research Workshops Summit in Chicago, Illinois from March 4 through March 6, 2019. In addition, David Kalinowski, President of Proactive Worldwide, and Anne Ellis, J.D., Director of Quality Assurance at Proactive Worldwide, will both host workshops. The…

Schaumburg, Illinois, February 26, 2019 Vice President, Health Care & Life Sciences of Proactive Worldwide Aaron Derdowski, Ph.D., will be sharing his expertise in a presentation titled “The Asset Journey: Optimizing Tools and Personnel to Maximize ROI from CI Throughout” at Pharma CI Europe in Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Making regulatory predictions…

The first article in our Strategic Planning series discusses how Competitive Intelligence can and should adapt depending on the type of strategic planning model your business employs. Our second piece focuses on constructive CI research queries that help your business target specific issues unique to your enterprise, thus gaining more insightful reporting relating to strategic…
















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