June Newsletter from ICA
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Management 2.0
Leveraging the growing intangible side of your business
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| This month, I give you two views on how to create intellectual capital that stays in your company when your employees go home–one from me and one from Larry Page at Google.With the first good economic news in a long time just starting to emerge, it’s time to think about what comes next. One thing for sure, the future of your business will be determined by your intellectual capital.
What are you doing to build for the future? I would love to hear from you!
Cheers, Mary
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Smarter Companies – Featured Posts
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 Does Your IC Walk Out the Door at Night? If you worry about the value of your company walking out the door at night, you need to learn about structural capital. This includes processes, software and training that stays in your company and makes everyone smarter. Read more.
 IC Advice From Larry Page In a commencement address at the University of Michigan, the co-founder of Google explained the power of structural capital much better than I, saying “Technology and especially the internet can really help you be lazy. Find the leverage in the world, so you can be more lazy!” Here’s my take on this great advice. Agriculture and the Knowledge Economy Conversations about sustainability are heating up in the agricultural sector. Luckily, new models like Growing Power are popping up to show us alternatives to the industrial agriculture model that misuses resources and threatens the health of our population. Read more
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| Pirates, IP and IC The Pirate Party won 7% of EU votes based on a single issue: abolishing the patent system! Not to worry. The best way to protect your intellectual property isn’t through the legal system anyway–it’s through strong intellectual capital. Read moreIC in Internal Departments Stakeholder interviews are a common means of assessing the strength in intellectual capital. This approach can be very helpful even for internal departments like this IT department whose “customers” are from other parts of their company. Read more
Intangible Assets AND Liabilities We all talk a lot about intangible assets. But let’s not forget their cousins: intangible liabilities and/or risks. These include risks from systems, human error, fraud, external events. Read more
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Reputation Metrics Make sure to catch the July 10th call at noon EDT from the Intangible Asset Finance Society. Mary Adams will be hosting a conversation with Nir Kossovsky about reputation metrics. Go to the IAFS Events page for more info and to sign up.BlogBurst We are happy to announce that Smarter Companies has been selected by BlogBurst for syndication to their 100+ partners including Reuters, USA Today, Gannett, Rodale and McGraw Hill.
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| Hope you enjoyed this digest of news from our company and two blogs. Remember that we post dozens of items each month. If this content interests you, please consider signing up to receive a feed of all posts at Smarter Companies via RSS feed or email. Or follow me on Twitter @maryadamsica.
See you next month or online! -Mary
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