Babette E. Bensoussan is best known as an international specialist in strategy and competition, and as founder and director of The MindShifts Group. With an excellent breadth and depth of knowledge she has undertaken major studies for and consulted to Australian and Global Fortune 500 companies. She has undertaken over 300 competitive intelligence projects and consulted to a wide range of industries and markets. Babette is a brilliant presenter and communicator, and conducts training, workshops and individual mentoring on a worldwide basis to assist with the development and implementation of competitive strategies, competitive intelligence programs, and strategic planning.
Apart from her active business endeavours, Babette has taught Competitive Intelligence in undergraduate business and MBA programs both in Australia and China. In 2012, she was appointed Adjunct Professor, School of Business, University of Technology Sydney.
Dr. Craig S. Fleisher is the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) of one of the globe's leading intelligence consultancies, Aurora WDC. Google's top-cited CI scholar and a frequent keynote speaker, Craig has authored several essential CI books including Analysis without Paralysis 2nd Ed (FT Press, 2013), Business and Competitive Analysis (FT Press, 2007), and Strategic and Competitive Analysis (Pearson, 2003), among others. A former SCIP president, current Fellow and Meritorious Award winner, he was inaugural chair of the Competitive Intelligence Foundation, and founding editor of the Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management. His PhD in Business is from Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. An internationally-focused adviser instructing mainly executive learners, he has held positions including MBA Director, Business School Dean and Chaired Professor at a variety of universities in over half a dozen countries.
Bensoussan and Fleisher are also the authors of the well known Business and Competitive Analysis book, a must have for any corporate analyst.