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Articles by Paul Houston

Paul K. Houston is a Co-Founder, with Vicki Griesinger, of RivalScape Intelligence Consultants LLC, (www.rivalscape.com) based in Ashland, OR. RivalScape helps companies unlock the competitive intelligence in their workforces and improve the strategic posture of the HR function by such means as: competitor alumni programs, competitive compensation & benefits analysis, competitive diversity intelligence analysis, and competitor talent inventories. Paul is also President of the search firm Results Management Consultants in Denver, CO. (303-730-2296
from the The Fordyce Letter archives

Competitive Inteliigence Specialist Or Corporate Spy?

by Paul Houston September 1st, 2004

The Case for Ethical Competitive Intelligence (CI) In early June my partner and I were preparing for a presentation to a prestigious group of senior-level corporate recruiting officers. The subject was how CI, conducted ethically and professionally, could provide an advantage to the corporate HR and recruiting functions by unlocking the competitive intelligence in [...]

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