In today’s world, every successful business leader and dealmaker understands and values the importance of intelligence. They use intelligence to identify hidden risks and mitigate them, obtain insights, and better inform their decision making.

What is business intelligence? Business intelligence has different meaning to different people. Some refer to the process of data mining and data management within an organisation as business intelligence. Others confuse it with corporate espionage and give it negative connotation. In our case, business intelligence signifies the gathering and interpretation of critical information about a company, its management, a market segment, or a situation, in order to help business leaders formulate an informed strategy when structuring a deal, navigating through a crisis, or transforming and expanding a business.

Having actionable intelligence is often the difference between success and failure.