What do you think are the most helpful tools for scanning for market trends and insights? We'd like to get to a place where we have a tool that feeds us trends in our industries vs. having to dig for them.

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Engineering Manager in Energy and Utilities, 1,001 - 5,000 employees

Google Trends is a powerful tool that provides real-time data on search volumes and related topics. It can help you identify emerging trends and popular topics in your industry.

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IT Manager in Transportation, 10,001+ employees

Try SoftwareReviews or G2, these are not tools but communities similar to Gartner.

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Network Administrator in Education, 5,001 - 10,000 employees

We have Gartner Community with a bunch of specialised experts in all IT Domains.I would personally prefer to utilise this community for all sorts of regular insights and trends in the industry.

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Product Management Analyst in Healthcare and Biotech, 10,001+ employees

I think reading reports from BCG, Mckinsey, Gartner aare some of best ways to know the Trends.

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Legal Manager, Self-employed

I have found Law360 to be a good quick source of information and trends.

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