Jonathan Calof
Inducted: 2010
Specialties: Startups, Event Intelligence, Intelligence for Innovation
Geographies: North America
Industries: Education
Dr. Calof is recognized as one of the leaders in intelligence, foresight and anticipatory systems. He is the UNESCO co-chair on anticipatory systems for innovation and venture creation at the University of New Brunswick and a professor of International Business and Strategy at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Calof combines research and consulting in competitive intelligence, technical foresight and business analytics to help organizations develop key insights on their competitive environment.
Jonathan has given over 1000 speeches, seminars and keynote addresses around the world on intelligence and foresight and has helped several companies and government agencies around the world enhance their intelligence, foresight and business analytics capabilities. In recognition of his contribution to making fact based decision making a reality, Jonathan has been given several honors including Frost and Sullivan’s life time achievement award in competitive intelligence; distinguished member award from the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) ; Awarded the title CI Fellow; Honorary Professor at Yunnan Normal University in China, Board of advisors for the Centre en Intelligence Economique et Management Stratégique( CIE'MS/Center for Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Management in Morocco); Extraordinary Professor at North West University in South Africa and Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick. Interest in his work has also resulted in several interviews on radio, TV, social media, and in print around the world.
He is a prolific author with over 250 publications to his credit. As well, Jonathan is the author and co-editor of several books on competitive intelligence including co-editor of the Competitive Intelligence Foundation’s Conference and Trade Show Intelligence book and author of the recently released book “Gaining Market Insight from Events”. He also pens a column on event intelligence for competitive intelligence magazine.
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