Today, we’re discussing a subject of critical importance to our society, business intelligence and how it impacts capital investments that drive the economy. When a company decides to do conduct business overseas the executives need to know about foreign governments, banking, international rules and regulations. Without that knowledge they can fail. There are techniques business can use to protect itself from falling into a trap. To discuss THE BIG SHIFT the world economy is experiencing is Bill Hutman, the Founder and Managing Director of GlobalSourceLLC an “international investigative business intelligence company”. Bill is a former investigative reporter whose work has appeared in such prestigious publications as the New York Times and The Times of London and the Harvard University Press.Bill is also the author of “Conversations… Thinking about Talking” a book about the importance of actually talking to each other and learning from real people and not just accessing information from social media.