"A book for executives about conducting CI and proactively using intelligence to help make better decisions. ... This how-to manual is presented in clearly-written and carefully-organised text that explains the CI process step-by-step. ... This is a welcome addition to the growing subject literature on competitive intelligence. It is carefully planned and written, and it should serve intelligence practitioners well." (Dale Fehringer, Salus Journal, Vol. 3 (3), 2015) "In short, this book is an extremely detailed, cogent guide for any executive who will be asked to take on competitive intelligence as a competency, duty, or discrete role... Proactive Intelligence is a dense, well organized, concise tome for basically every concept you could possibly encounter in a traditional competitive intelligence role... From definitions of the specific kinds of intelligence - competitive, technical, strategic - to the variety of customers for CI - sales, R&D, product management, mergers & acquisitions - even to the legal and ethical challenges of the field, there really is every concept covered within these pages." (Eric Garland, ericgarland.co, June, 2012)