By far the most overlooked, yet most helpful source of information is other people. In a sense, the process of hunting—whether for a company report, a school paper, or a civic club report—mirrors the modus operandi of a detective. Where do you begin? To answer this question you must first ask yourself what, in general, you want to know. If, for instance, you want to learn more about how to obtain computer technology for your new office, you need to think like a detective and to list on paper where you would find your most logical leads.
First, you might consider someone in your company who recently went through the same kind of search. Why reinvent the wheel? If someone else has done something similar to what you want to do, ...
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