Human benefits for BI itself in a slower economy

If this year's economic slowdown lets BI-ready companies "kill the competition," as one consultant I talked to last week expects them to, BI itself will win in not-so-obvious ways.

First, if BI really does show its stuff, projects will attract and keep good people more easily. "Every BI client have been people-short," says Sid Adelman, "either with no he…