Intelligence Communications Directorate

By definition, intelligence is the action of investigating the environment and interpreting the results internally to improve decision making. It entails gathering information, creating intelligence, and discovering new insights that can assist shape current knowledge and impact action. Conducting a personal profile is the act of gathering information about an individual and analyzing the information gathered to determine or forecast specific behaviors to aid in making judgments about the topic. This initiative attempts to teach students how to profile individuals while also allowing them to practice information collection. There is a need to gather information on Dr. Jonathan Calof, the professor, and provide his profile. This intelligence project paper will provide the project plan for the profiling of Dr. Calof; it will provide his profile from the collected information and explain the search strategies used while collecting information which include the search terms used, the search engines and the sources used to profile the professor.

Profile

Dr. Jonathan is known to be among the spearheads of intelligence and forethought. He is a professor at the University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management where he lectures International Business and Strategy. Dr. Calof blends the knowledge of research and consultation in his fields of business analytics and competitive intelligence to assist companies and other organizations in developing crucial comprehensions in their competitive environment (Linkedin, 2017).

In his career, Calof has been able to give more than 1000 speeches during sessions and important addresses globally on the topic of intelligence and foresight (Yang Group, 2017). He has facilitated many agencies and companies globally in enhancing their level of business intelligence, business analytics skills and foresight competence. He has been awarded several honors for efforts to recognize his contributions in turning fact-based decisions to reality. In competitive intelligence, Calof has received the Frost and Sullivan awards of lifetime achievement. Additionally, he has won the Fellow award given by the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (Linkedin, 2017).

His exemplary knowledge on competitive intelligence, teaching experience and his talents have made him to be recognized by famous institutions. At Yunnan Normal University in China, he was given an award of honorary professor (Telfer, 2010). Dr. Calof has also been awarded an honorary membership to the Russian Society of Competitive Intelligence Professional. He has also received an appointment to the international advisory board for the Russian Foresight Committee of HSE (Linkedin, 2017). He also enjoys the privilege of being on the Board of advisors at the Centre en Intelligence Economique et Management Stratégique, Morocco. He has been called to attend talks and interviews in the media globally as a result of his work, and he has been featured in various publications globally (Communications Directorate, 2017).

Conversely, according to Yang Group (2017), Calof is an author, and he has produced over 100 publications on competitive intelligence. He has also written books both as an author and co-author on competitive intelligence. He is a co-editor of the book ‘Competitive Intelligence Foundation’s Conference and Trade Show Intelligence’ and an executive editor of the Magazine ‘Frontline Safety and Security Magazine.’ According to Linkedin (2010), Dr. Calof not only participate actively in the academic but he is also a director at RoboCoder and Success Nexus. RoboCoder is a software company based in Canada while Success Nexus is a biofuel Company in Malaysia. From his experience as a director, he has put efforts to teach organizations on corporate failures that he faced at the Canadian corporate firm. His study results have taught lessons and have led to the introduction of tools and abilities on how to measure and manage the black cloud of customer doubts. Dr. Calof is also studying the competitive intelligence practices in organizations globally (Scholar, 2017).

Project plan

Before developing a profile on Dr. Jonathan Calof, a plan had to be made to guide on the project. The KIT, area of focus, timeframe, hypothesis and other project plans, had to be made. The following is an intelligence project planning form which was used before doing the profiling of Jonathan.

1. Intelligence Project Title

The project title is Calof Profile Hand-in

2. Client

Profile of Dr. Jonathan Calof

3. What is the intelligence topic?

Interested people; the public

4. Which part of the environment are you focusing on?

The environment the intelligence is focusing on is the profile of Dr Jonathan Calof.

5. What in general are you trying to find out

in general, the focus is trying to find out the personal life, experiences, and achievements of professor Calof.

6. What timeframe are you using for your

intelligence project and why?

The timeframe for the intelligence project is a week because the information of the KIT is available in the internet hence no need to schedule a long period of time.

8. What decision/action would be made

using this intelligence?

the intelligence will assist in understanding Dr. Jonathan in depth

9. What outcome would be desirable based

on this decision?

It is expected that people will know Dr. Jonathan from the intelligence project of his profile.

10. Hypothesis – I expect to find out

I expect to find out fascinating and detailed information about Dr. Calof

Search Strategy

In order to get hold of information on Dr. Calof, research needs to be conducted on the internet. What are some of the search engines which were used to find information on Dr. Calof Profile? The following search engines were used while looking for information on the internet:

Search Engine

Percentage usage

Bing

Google

Ask

Yahoo

Baidu

60%

80%

54%

28%

19%

There are specific search terms that aided quick search and easy finding of information on the above search engines. Different search engines have unique ways of combining the search terms and looking for related information to produce the desired results of the search terms. The following search terms were used while finding the information, and different search term produced varying information on the subject.

Search Term

Percentage information found

Dr. Jonathan Calof

73%

Professor Jonathan Calof

78%

Professional career of professor Jonathan Calof

44%

Awards received by Dr. Jonathan Calof

67%

Publications by Jonathan Calof

39%

Books by Jonathan Calof

56%

Articles by Jonathan Calof

79%

Speeches given by Jonathan Calof

58%

Honorary awards given to Jonathan Calof

38%

The above information on Dr. Calof was looked up purely from the internet. Different sources contained different information about the Professor which included other information not necessary for the project. However, relevant information was picked from various sources to build the profile. The collected information on Jonathan was found in the following sources with varying degrees of importance as indicated;

Source

Importance of information on profile

Jonathan Calof articles

69%

Publications

38%

Internet websites

75%

Scholarly articles

27%

Social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogs)

84%

Academic databases

18%

The link to the sources

% of used information

http://heilyang.eu/management/ottawa/calof/index.html

63%

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-calof-467761/

78%

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hu4GvKYAAAAJ&hl=en

51%

http://www.telfer.uottawa.ca/en/latest-news/299-congratulations-to-professor-jonathan-calof

8%

http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-iframe-467.html

45%

Conclusion

From the above, it is evident that Dr. Calof is an experienced lecturer of competitive intelligence and a proficient author to many articles, books and publications. He is also a speaker on topics related to competitive intelligence, insight and business analytics. He is known for helping many organizations to achieve their best intelligence strategies as well as identifying their business analytics and foresight. The information collected about Dr. Calof on the internet was done using search engines such as Google, Ask, Yahoo and Baidu. However, various search terms were used to achieve the desired information. The sources were found in various platforms including social media and academic sites.

References

Communications Directorate, U. (2017). Jonathan CALOF - uOttawa Experts | University of Ottawa. Web5.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 11 October 2017, from http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-iframe-467.html

Linkedin. (2017). Profile. Linkedin. Retrieved 11 October 2017, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-calof-467761/

Scholar, G. (2017). Google Scholar Citations. GoogleScholar. Retrieved 11 October 2017, from https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hu4GvKYAAAAJ&hl=en

Telfer, U. (2010). Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Calof - Telfer School of Management. Telfer.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 11 October 2017, from http://www.telfer.uottawa.ca/en/latest-news/299-congratulations-to-professor-jonathan-calof

Yang Group, T. (2017). Huade Haiyang - Dr. Jonathan Calof. Heilyang.eu. Retrieved 11 October 2017, from http://heilyang.eu/management/ottawa/calof/index.html