http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com Tangible results from intangible capital Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:42:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the tangible economy, mechanization and mass production drove huge productivity gains as manufactured goods replaced those made by hand. These efficiencies came through strict discipline. Managers could describe to their employees in great detail the smartest way to accomplish their work: “Take Part A, attach these two screws then ... http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/09/02/orchestration-is-new-command-and-control/ In the September issue of CFO a comment by Intangible Capital author, Mary Adams:Prevention Is the Best ApproachIt's important to understand how damaging reputational crises can be ("What's a Reputation Worth?" May). But the real story is how to prevent them.Seventy percent of the value of the average company is ... http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/09/01/cfo-magazine-published-my-comments-on-reputation/ Intangible capital will change every industry: Knowledge intensive agriculture - the case of Brazil http://bit.ly/bfhzRd /cc @feedly # New issue of Management 2.0 - IC digest for August http://conta.cc/b7KQqa via #constantcontact # Powered by Twitter Tools http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/09/01/intangible-capital-reading-list-on-twitter-for-2010-09-01/ Tax payers expect police, national guard, and military to provide "real" security. Government expects the private sector to provide the lion's share of security investment. Is there a business case that can help the private sector rationalize the investment and bridge the expectation gap? Join us Friday, 3 September, at ... http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/31/program-this-friday-intangibles-and-security/ Emerging job: development and management of intellectual / intangible capital (tools, templates, processes) http://bit.ly/aL6f2D # U.S. missing the boat: RT @Baoman: 9 & 23 Oct 2010 The Management & Reporting of IC - Hong Kong http://is.gd/eGCUB (no English version?) # Past 10 years, over-invested in housing, underinvested in intangible ... http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/31/intangible-capital-reading-list-on-twitter-for-2010-08-31/ As with so many other aspects of knowledge assets, there are both bottom-up and top-down aspects to networks. There are many who study networks that see them as analogous to self-organizing, living systems that occur in nature. If you believe this, then you believe that organizations can organize themselves. There ... http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/30/networks-a-question-of-control/ Defining what gets measured controls the conversation--interesting lesson for the IC community from ag sustainability http://bit.ly/ajpwBz # This is why the IRS knows so much about intangibles: Taxation of royalties between associated companies http://bit.ly/aWUOPJ # Powered by Twitter Tools http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/29/intangible-capital-reading-list-on-twitter-for-2010-08-29/ Dropping my son at college in NC .Looking down the shelves in book store. Exciting diversity of perspectives. # Powered by Twitter Tools http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/28/intangible-capital-reading-list-on-twitter-for-2010-08-28/ In all the discussions in recent weeks here on the growth of networks and organizations, it is hard to say which came first—the human or the technological connection. The shift to a knowledge economy has made it more and more attractive to connect and automate using IT and networking technologies. ... http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/26/putting-networks-to-usein-and-for-the-organization/ Just added a new discussion on ic knowledge center - great new study of IC and IT performance (see survey too) http://ning.it/as7j2R # Powered by Twitter Tools http://www.i-capitaladvisors.com/2010/08/26/intangible-capital-reading-list-on-twitter-for-2010-08-26/