Your organization needs more than scattered insights.
It needs a structured, credible, high-impact Competitive Intelligence (CI) function.
This intensive program shows you exactly how to design, position, and implement one.
Because most Competitive Intelligence initiatives fail for one reason:
They lack structure, governance, and executive alignment
In this hands-on intensive, you will learn how to:
You won’t leave with theory.
You’ll leave with a ready-to-execute CI unit blueprint.
available from April 20, 2026;
includes the activation phase
150,00 €
Not including tax
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This is not a passive course.
The result: clarity, confidence, and execution readiness.
Join optional workshop(s) and the Knowledge Xchange session to sharpen and challenge your Competitive Intelligence implementation plan (separate registration required). Discuss your challenges and insights with experts and peers
Move from blueprint to execution.
Finalize and implement your Competitive Intelligence roadmap with peer and faculty feedback — practical, targeted, and execution-focused.
If you are responsible for delivering competitive insights that influence decisions — this program is built for you.
Turn Competitive Intelligence into a strategic advantage.

Rainer Michaeli is an internationally recognized leader in Competitive Intelligence (CI). Trained as an aeronautical engineer at the University of Brunswick and MBA-educated at INSEAD, he began his career in the defense and IT industries before founding DIE DENKFABRIK GmbH in 1993, a global consultancy specializing in competitive and market intelligence.
In 2004, he established the Institute for Competitive Intelligence (ICI), now one of the world’s leading CI education providers, where he serves as Managing Director. He is an adjunct lecturer at THM University (Germany) and a Visiting Professor at the Bucharest Business School, and founder of the Deutsches Competitive Intelligence Forum, Germany’s leading CI association.
A former board member of SCIP, he has been honored with its Catalyst and Fellow awards. His textbook Competitive Intelligence became a Financial Times Germany Top 3 bestseller.
GICI Institute for Competitive Intelligence GmbH
Korngasse 9, 35510
Butzbach
Phone: +49 6033 971377
Fax: +49 6033 971376