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Early Warning Signals Your Competition Is Missing
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Dear Decision Maker, Everyone’s watching the same indicators. Market reports. Quarterly earnings. Regulatory filings. Stock movements. By the time these signals appear, the opportunity is gone Real intelligence doesn’t come from what’s published. It comes from what’s changing before anyone publishes it. Three months ago, a client asked us to assess a West African market they’d been tracking for years. Every conventional indicator said “wait.”
But our ground truth told a different story. We noticed 3 signals no one else was tracking:
These weren’t in any report. They were visible only through human intelligence networks. Our client moved immediately. Six weeks later, the government announced a $1B infrastructure initiative. By the time competitors saw the headlines, our client had already secured strategic partnerships and locked in supply agreements at pre-announcement prices. Early warning signals exist in 3 places most companies never look:
Your competition is reading the same reports you are.
The companies that win are the ones who see what’s coming before it becomes news. A source tells you a regulator is frustrated with current enforcement three months before policy changes. A contact mentions their biggest competitor just hired away a key relationship manager. Someone in your network casually mentions a state-owned enterprise is “reorganizing priorities.” These conversations don’t show up in databases. But they predict what will. Most executives wait for confirmation before acting. Winners act on information before it becomes confirmed. The difference between intelligence and news? Timing. News tells you what happened yesterday. Intelligence tells you what happens tomorrow. What early warning signals is your organisation tracking that competitors don’t even know exist? In fast-moving markets, the competitive advantage doesn’t go to those who react fastest to public information. It goes to those who act before information becomes public. Ready to see what’s coming before your competition reads about it in headlines? The signals are already there. The question is whether you have the networks to detect them. Want to Think Like an Intelligence Officer?Most people scroll. Professionals structure. |
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