Our Leadership
Rainer Michaeli
After graduating as an aeronautical engineer from the University of Brunswick, Germany and York, UK, Rainer Michaeli worked as a systems and project engineer in the defense industry. Upon completion of an MBA at INSEAD, France, he worked as a Marketing Manager in the IT industry.
In 1993 Rainer Michaeli set up DIE DENKFABRIK GmbH (The Think Factory), an international consultancy that specializes in competitive intelligence services. Mr. Michaeli's consulting expertise focuses on coaching companies in establishing Intelligence Centers and in conducting global competitive research. He facilitates war games, runs decision and risk analysis assignments and is instrumental in scenario planning projects.
In 2004 he founded the Institute for Competitive Intelligence (ICI). He is also an adjunct lecturer at Universities.
In acknowledgement of his achievements in propagating competitive intelligence he has received awards such as Catalyst and Fellow from SCIP (Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals), where he was a board member from 2003 to 2005.
Rainer Michaeli's text book "Competitive Intelligence" published in 2005, achieved instant acclaim and became a Financial Times Germany TOP 3 best seller.