Calof, Jonathan

Biography

Dr. Calof is recognized as one of the leaders in intelligence and business insight. An associate professor of International Business and Strategy at the Telfer School of Management at University of Ottawa, Dr. Calof combines research and consulting in competitive intelligence, technical foresight and management insight in the creation of the Universities management insight program. As well, he is a Board member for CASIS (Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies), is on the advisory board for the Algonquin College intelligence analyst program, and is also co-director of the Foresight Synergy Network.

Jonathan has given over 1,000 speeches, seminars and keynote addresses around the world on intelligence and insight and has helped several companies and government agencies around the world enhance their intelligence capabilities. In recognition of his contribution to the competitive intelligence field, Jonathan was presented with Frost and Sullivan’s life time achievement award and was made a Fellow of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. He was also named Honorary Professor at Yunnan Normal University in China. Interest in his work has also resulted in several interviews on radio and in print around the world and has been featured in national publications such as Forbes, Business Week, CIO Magazine, Financial Times, The National Post, Globe and Mail, Canadian Business, and others.

He is a prolific author with over 150 publications to his credit. As well, Jonathan is the author and co-editor of several books on competitive intelligence including co-editor of the Competitive Intelligence Foundation’s Conference and Trade Show Intelligence book. He also pens a column on event intelligence for competitive intelligence magazine. In addition to his involvement in the consulting and academic world, Dr. Calof is also a director with Success Nexus, a Malaysian biodiesel Company, RoboCoder, a Canadian software company, an Associate with the Estey Centre, and on the advisory board of Mempore, a Canadian cleantech company.

Publications during the last 7 years

Books

Calof, J.L. and Hohhof, B. Conference and Trade Show Intelligence. Alexandria: Competitive Intelligence Foundation, 2007.

Chapters in Books

Calof, J. and Fox, B. Trade Show Intelligence. In Hohhof, B. (Ed.). Competitive Intelligence Anthology . Alexandria, Virginia: Competitive Intelligence Foundation, 2010.

Calof, J.L., Potter, K. and Potter, N. Event Show Intelligence - Examples of Successful Competitive Intelligence Collection Projects. In Ashton, R. and Hohhof, B. (Eds). Competitive Technical Intelligence. Competitive Intelligence Foundation, 2009.

Calof, J. Conference and Trade Show Intelligence: Jump-Start your New Function. In Sawka, K. and Hohhof, B. (Eds.). Starting a Competitive Intelligence Function. Alexandria, VA: Competitive Intelligence Foundation, 2008.

Calof, J.L. and Dishman, P. Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer. In Lloyd-Reason, L. and Sear, L. (Eds.). Trading Places: SMEs in the Global Economy - A Critical Research Handbook. UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.

Calof, J.L. and Viviers, W. Competitive Intelligence in a Foreign Environment: German and Canadian Firms Compared. In Gilroy, B.M., Gries, T. and Naude, W.A. (Eds.). Multinational Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Africa: South African Perspectives. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2005.

Papers in Refereed Journals

Calof, J.L., Miller, R. and Jackson, M. 2012. Towards Impactful Insight:Viewpoints from Foresight consultants and academics. Foresight (Cambridge).

Calof, J.L. and Smith, J. 2012. Foresights Impact from Around the World: A Special Issue. Foresight (Cambridge), 14(1).

Calof, J.L. 2011. Social Networking and Events: Life Goes Digital. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 14(1): 73-75.

Calof, J.L. and Smith, J. 2010. The Integrative Domain of Foresight and Competitive Intelligence and Its Impact on R&D Management. R&D Management, 40(1): 31-39.

Calof, J.L. and Smith, J.E. 2010. Critical Success Factors for Government-led Foresight. Science and Public Policy, 37(1): 31-40.

Calof, J.L. 2010. Formulating Your Competitive Intelligence Plans. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 13(4): 57-61.

Calof, J.L. 2010. Trade Show Intelligence Goes Social Networking. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 13(3): 47-50.

Calof, J.L. 2010. Party 'Till You Learn: Where You Do Event Intelligence. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 13(2): 49-50.

Calof, J.L., Robinson, W. and Marcoux, R. 2010. Regional and Community Economic Development Planning: An Exciting Role for Competitive Intelligence. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 13(1): 31-38.

Calof, J.L. 2009. Trade Show Intelligence: Being Ready for a Scientific Conference - The Intelligent Approach. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 12(1): 46-49.

Calof, J.L., Potter, K. and Potter, N. 2009. Trade Show Intelligence: Event Show Intelligence - Successful Projects. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 12(2): 51-53.

Calof, J.L. 2009. Trade Show Intelligence: Who Should You Bring to the Event?. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 12(5/6): 42-43.

Calof, J.L. and Bouthillier, F. 2009. Trade Show Intelligence: Evaluation of Trade Show and Event Performance. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 12(4): 45-47.

Dishman, P. and Calof, J.L. 2008. Competitive Intelligence: A Multiphasic Precedent to Marketing Strategy. European Journal of Marketing, 42(7/8): 766-785.

Calof, J.L. and Wright, S. 2008. Competitive Intelligence: A Practitioner, Academic and Inter-Disciplinary Perspective. European Journal of Marketing, 42(7/8): 717-730.

Calof, J.L. 2008. Competitive Intelligence and the Management Accountability Framework. Optimum Online: The Journal of Public Sector Management, 37(4): 31-36.

Calof, J.L. 2008. Communications and Trade Shows. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 11(4): n/a.

Calof, J.L. and Beurschgens, A. 2008. SCIP UK Networking: Conference and Trade Show Intelligence - Advice from the Column that Came Alive. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 11(4): 35-36.

Calof, J.L. 2008. Trade Show Intelligence: Ethics and Events - Navigating the Black and Grey Zone. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 11(2): 45-49.

Calof, J.L. 2008. Competitive Intelligence: Are We Really a Profession?. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 11(5): 10-14.

Calof, J.L. 2008. Dear "C" - Please Give Me Resources for a Trade Show Intelligence Program. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 11(1): 49-52.

Calof, J.L. 2008. Conference and Trade Show Intelligence Goes International. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 11(3): 22-26.

Calof, J.L. 2007. Trade Show Intelligence: Conference and Trade Show Intelligence. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 10(2): 46-48.

Calof, J.L. 2007. Trade Show Webinar: An Interesting Concept for Learning. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 10(3): 37-39.

Calof, J.L. 2007. SCIP05: How Intelligent Were You?. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 10(4): n/a.

Calof, J.L. 2007. Event Intelligence: Time to Invite Your Government In. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 10(5): 55-57.

Calof, J.L. 2007. Mining Conferences through Active Dialogue. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 10(6): 56-57.

Wright, S. and Calof, J.L. 2006. The Quest for Competitive Business and Marketing Intelligence: A Country Comparison of Current Practices. European Journal of Marketing, 40(5/6): 453-465.

Calof, J.L. (Guest Editor). 2006. The SCIP06 Academic Program - Reporting on the State of the Art. Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 3(4): 5-13.

Calof, J.L. 2006. Salons professionnels: des sources do connaissances pour innover : Approche de l'intelligence économique. , 48-49.

Calof, J.L. 2006. Conference and Trade Show Committees: Intelligence Resource. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 9(6): n/a.

Calof, J.L. 2006. Conference and Trade Show Intelligence: A Book Whose Time Has Come. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 9(4): 36-37.

Calof, J.L. and Barron, A. 2006. And Now a Message from Our Members. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 9(1): 53-65.

Calof, J.L. 2006. SCIP06: How Intelligent Will You Be?. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 9(2): 50-52.

Calof, J.L. 2006. Working the Floor. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 9(4): 56-58.

Calof, J.L. 2005. Trade Show Intelligence: One Year Later. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 8(2): 18-23.

Calof, J.L. 2005. Making Yourself Popular. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 8(6): 57-59.

Calof, J.L. 2005. Trade Show Counterintelligence. Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 8(5): 52-54.

Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports

Calof, J.L. and Fox, R. 2006. "Developing Capacity for Clean Carbon in Alberta", Alberta Energy Research Institute, Alberta, December, n/ap.

Calof, J.L. and Nash, J.C. 2005. "Learning Experiences - Open Source", Public Works and Government Services Canada, , March, 76p.

Funded Research during the last 7 years

From-To	Source	Title	*	**	Role	Amount
2011-2012	Private Group	Understanding the Demise of Nortel Networks	R	O	PI	$ 65,000
2008-2010	Telfer School of Management Research Fund (SMRF)	Role of the Competitive Intelligence Manager	R	I		$ 4,000
2008-2009	NRC	Assessing Competitive Technical Intelligence	R	G		$ 20,000

*Purpose = C: Contract (R and D), E: Equipment Grant, R: Research Grant, S: Support Award, P: Pedagogical Grant, O: Other, U: Unknown

**Type= C: Granting Councils, G: Government, F: Foundations, I: UO Internal Funding, O: Other, U: Unknown

Role: PI = Principal Investigator, Co-I = Co-Investigator, Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator

Scholarly and Professional Academic Activities during the last 7 years

From	To	Activity
2011		Editorial Board, Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business
2011	2012	Conference Session Chair, Seville FTA 2011
2011	2012	Conference Committee Member, SIIE
2010		Director Education, Central Canadian Hockey League
2010		Reviewer, International Business Review; Technovation; ICEG
2010		Board Member, Urban Diversity Forum
2010	2012	Guest Editor, Foresight Journal, Special Issue on Foresight Impact
2010	2011	Member, Conference Committees: 4e édition du colloque international IEMA (Algeria, May 17-18, 2010); CAFIE (Ivory Coast, June 2010); International Conference on Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing - BIDW 2010 (Singapore, July 2010); Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies/Association Canadienne pour les études de renseignement et de sécurité - CASIS/ACERS 2010 (Ottawa, October 2010)
2010	2011	Coordinator, Management Section, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
2010	2011	Conference Committee Member, European Competitive Intelligence Conference
2009		Co-director, Foresight Synergy Network
2009	2009	Moderator and co-organizer, Conference and trade show webinar parts 1 and 2 for the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
2009	2011	Academic Advisor, Algonquin College, Intelligence Analyst Program
2008	2008	Guest co-editor, European Journal of Marketing, Special Issue on Competitive Intelligence
2008	2008	Member, Conference Committees, 4th International Conference on e-Government and The International Conference on e-Government (ICEG 2008)
2008	2009	Member, Foresight Synergy Network
2007	2007	Track co-chair for the active dialogue sessions for Society of Competitive Intelligence Management annual conference, April 2007, New York City
2006		Associate, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, Saskatchewan
2006	2006	Member, Editorial Board and Guest Editor, Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, issue #4
2005		Conference Committee Member, CASIS
2005	2005	Member, Conference Committees, International Congress of E-Government (ICEG) and the European Competitive Intelligence Symposium
2004		Treasurer, Board of Directors, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies
2002	2009	Co-director, Intelligence Teaching & Research Academic Network (INTRAN)
2000		Board member, Advisory Strategy, Robocoder, Vancouver, BC
2000		Board member and member of Technical Advisory Committee, Success Nexus, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
2000	2011	Coordinator for ADM4311 - Strategy
2000	2010	Editorial Review Board and Reviewer, Journal of Small Business Management
2000	2009	Board Member, Journal of Small Business Management and Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management
1999	2009	Board Member, Pearson-Shoyama
1996		Editorial Review Board and Reviewer, International Management Review
1995		Reviewer: Case Research Journal; Journal of Small Business Management; Journal of World Business; Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management; R&D Management; ASAC - Strategy Division; International Business Review; European Competitive Intelligence Symposium; ICEG Conference
1992		Member, Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP)

Most significant research contributions during career

Calof, J. and Hohhof, B. 2007. Conference and Trade Show Intelligence. Competitive Intelligence Foundation, April .

Calof, J. and Dishman, P. 2006. Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer. Trading Places: SMEs in the Global Economy. In Lloyd-Reason, L. (Ed.), A Critical Research Handbook. Edward Elgar, UK, Chapter 9.

Wright, S. and Calof, J. 2006. The Quest for Competitive Business and Marketing Intelligence: A Country Comparison of Current Practices. European Journal of Management, 40(5/6): 453-465.

Calof, J. 2006. Competitive Intelligence, State of the Art: Report from SCIP07. Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, Fall 2006.

Calof, J. and Nash, J. 2005. Learning Experiences: Open Source Software. International Conference on E-Government, October 27-28, 2005, Ottawa.