The New I in IC: Why we stopped using the phrase “intellectual capital”

When I first became interested in the field of “intellectual capital,” I set up a Google Alert on the phrase and use this alert, among others, to find new content for this blog and for the IC Knowledge Center which I began close to four years ago. The alerts capture both website and blog use of the phrase. I now also monitor its use on Twitter.

One of the appeals to me of the phrase and the field was that there was a clear definition of what can be a vague concept: the knowledge capital of companies. The broadly accepted definition (among those that follow the field) includes three main categories of assets: Read more