Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-18

• RT @Sarah_Fulton: “Globalization changed us into a co that searches the world not just to sell or source, but to find IC.” -Jack Welch #
• I believe that IT = IC <a href=”http://bit.ly/9JUMag”>How IT-Smart Is Your Organization? – Susan Cramm – Harvard Business Review</a> #
• I agree! Eric Schmidt in Wash Post: Need to rethink innovation model. Cannot rely on top down–future is bottom up. .http://bit.ly/bFOkwp #

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Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-17

• Exports and imports of services. Both goods and services include intangible capital, and both need to be measured. http://nyti.ms/c5F2ND #
• RT @bdoespana: IPSASB Publishes New Standard on Intangible Assets in public sector; Improvements to Standards. http://bit.ly/bCtqsM #
• The difference between an expert and a consultant from the Institute of Management Consultants #IMC http://bit.ly/bvLAOC #

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Intangible Capital in M&A

I was thrilled to see this new report by the Hay Group The Silver Bullet of Success: Winners and Losers in the M&A Game. The report is about how intangible capital is critical to the success of M&A. Below are the major points of the paper (quotes in italics) with my comments on each one:

Companies underestimate intangible capital : Executives typically value intangible capital – including culture and customer relationships – at just 30 per cent of market capitalization, not the 75 per cent that analysts expect. Read more

Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-16

• Another indication of the growing “temporary” workforce in US. http://bit.ly/cWQa0T Now 25-30% of the total. What does this mean long term? #
• The consequences of un- and underemployment http://nyti.ms/abATnU #
• Building on manufacturing strengths http://bit.ly/9KYHqE It’s about intangible capital… /cc @feedly #

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Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-14

• Financial impact to Google’s intangible assets from Buzz rollout? ST use the stock market LT triangulate value CC @jowyang @rmack @aem76us #
• The greatest patent sale ever may be on the cards from Nortel. http://bit.ly/cEtypP Info on patent markets http://bit.ly/bZigIv /cc @feedly #
• What is a Social Corporation? http://bit.ly/bS8Frc Is this the beginning of social capitalism? /cc @feedly #
• We’re Down Here! http://bit.ly/9xfdlO Misses the point. Strategy not just top down activity. Leverage knowledge at bottom too. /cc @feedly #
• Can making something worse be innovative? http://bit.ly/biuAze Absolutely /cc @feedly #
• The rise of the HR Director http://bit.ly/cLXEPU Most important CEO direct report in coming 5 years? Human capital will be key /cc @feedly #

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Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-12

• RT @nuance_intel: I think I may have invented some new jargon tonight: “socio-intellectual capital. ” Maybe time to step away from computer. #
• Some truth but misses the point about intangibles RT @mjblackman: Great (older) essay on the value of intangible assets http://bit.ly/c7nsoY #
• For too long, too many have insisted that intangibles cannot be measured. Has encouraged mainstream biz to ignore them. Big mistake. #

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Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-11

• Shareholder value & financial crisis: firms pushed to follow crowd and max. profits. Customers & system ignored? Yup http://bit.ly/9FY4s8 #
• In other words, shareholder value ideology forces short-term thinking. That’s dangerous given long-term challenges/opportunities we face. #
• Was Cadbury’s deal unduly influenced by short-term traders? Who should control long-term decisions for companies? http://bit.ly/cXvbLW #
• A Suggestion Scheme as a Listening Tool http://bit.ly/a7VIwa …a way to increase innovation and intangible capital /cc @feedly #
• Making financial reporting simpler and more useful http://bit.ly/92YsRG No mention of intangibles…greatly limits usefulness /cc @feedly #

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Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-10

• Grateful Dead as management innovators (social media, free products, community) Not a new view but fun article http://bit.ly/9rUr6P #
• Interesting post – Chart of the Week: What Buyers Want from Your Website. http://bit.ly/bkHRy4 #
• Kicking off really interesting project analyzing structural capital (processes, software, training, data, etc) to optimize performance #
• Structural capital is the game changer in the knowledge era. Almost infinitely scalable. Get it right! http://bit.ly/jiM5p #
• Just had really interesting discussion about creating a program to link together intangible capital and investor relations perspectives. #
• RT @IPStrategist: RT @johanorneblad: New post on Michael Heller’s new anthology Commons and Anticommons. http://bit.ly/ayUNdX #
• Umair Haque – pushing us to go from great to good The New Economics of Business http://bit.ly/aT0VMN /cc @feedly #
• David Philips: Let’s mainstream what’s really important (about SEC allowing more non-GAAP info) http://bit.ly/cMeZdl /cc @feedly #
• Cool annotated map of Boston by Scott Kirsner: The Red Line Tour of Innovation in Boston http://bit.ly/a33oiy /cc @feedly #
• Licensing vs. Manufacturing: What’s Best for Your Product? http://bit.ly/9aSlST /cc @feedly #
• ‘Undercover Boss’ Interview: It was about employee engagement not PR http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=3793 #
• Just added a new blog post on ic knowledge center: Ideas connect us more than relationships. #ICKC http://ning.it/cSgb9p #

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IC and Manufacturing

For a long time, intangible capital has been seen as some abstract and theoretical concept. Indeed, many people call it intellectual capital (here’s why we don’t use the term intellectual capital). But I spend a lot of my day every day refuting this. Intangible capital is very real and very practical. It drives how and why businesses get paid by their customers.

There were two great explanations of the practical side of IC in discussions of manufacturing in the past week. Read more

Twitter updates by MaryAdamsICA for 2010-02-08

• Checking out “IC and the Education Sector” on ic knowledge center: http://ning.it/aXkMh8 Is education weak in structural capital? #
• Investors: Climate-change policies and disclosures needed http://bit.ly/aWshXR Sustainability s.b. about internal & external IC /cc @feedly #
• Two CEO’s at SAP. Start of trend? Spread leadership around…All change at SAP http://bit.ly/cVbanG /cc @feedly #
• Economist: Social media “new era of global interconnectedness that will spread ideas and innovation” http://bit.ly/b4VLiV /cc @feedly #
• Inquiry from a colleague: “What percentage of a company’s knoowledge/IC is captured in email system? Any thoughts welcome #
• Intangible tax transfer in FY2011 budget http://bit.ly/aoaRJR /cc @feedly #

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