Vernon P.
Competitive Intelligence
Professional Value
Vernon is a competitive‑intelligence specialist who helps strategic planning teams in large Asia‑Pacific corporations build robust intelligence operations. He draws on 30 years of intelligence‑operations experience to deliver practical frameworks in seminars across Asia and the Middle East, authored a 500‑term glossary recognised by SCIP, and provides tools tailored to legal, ethical sourcing and enabling faster market insight.
Selected Clients
Executive Profile
Vernon is a leading practitioner with more than 30 years' experience in intelligence operations and knowledge management. He currently conducts regular seminars with the Singapore Institute of Management and with several leading training providers throughout Asia and the Middle East.
He has worked with Bond, Deakin, Monash, and RMIT Universities; the College of International Business; the Institute for International Research; the International Quality and Productivity Centre; the CEO Institute; International Enterprise Singapore; the Australian Trade Commission; the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation; the ASEAN-EC Management Centre (Brunei); the Singapore Ministry of Defence; Etisalat Academy (Dubai); the Queensland Department of State Development & Innovation; and with many major companies (who prefer not to be identified).
His book describes how to manage intelligence for competitive advantage. His comprehensive glossary of approximately 500 terms used in intelligence and knowledge management, The Language of Business Intelligence, is available online under the auspices of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) at www.scip.org under CI Resources: Language of BI. The glossary is also available on the European Knowledge Board website.
He has a post-graduate Diploma in Librarianship and Information Science (DipLib), is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, manufactures and commerce (FRSA), a Fellow of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (FSCIP), a member of the Knowledge Board, a member of the SCIP International Editorial Board, and Founder of the Society of Knowledge and Competitive Intelligence Professionals Australia (SCIPAust). He is the recipient of a SCIP Fellow's Award. He is also a member of the Caterpillar Club.
Core Competencies
Competitive Intelligence
Vernon enables organizations to establish and manage effective competitive intelligence operations.
He provides practical tools and techniques to determine information needs, set up intelligence networks, and gather information from various sources using legal and ethical methods.
Vernon's expertise helps organizations analyze information, convert it into intelligence, and improve planning to create business opportunities and innovate.
Knowledge Management
Vernon offers practical tools and techniques for knowledge management, focusing on people and communication.
He trains attendees to create, transfer, and manage knowledge throughout their organization, enabling them to set up and manage competitive intelligence or knowledge management operations.
Vernon's expertise emphasizes the importance of effective communication in knowledge management.