Program this Friday: Intangibles and Security

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 12h00 EDT for the Mission Intangible Monthly Briefing. Sean Lyon, principal, R.I.S.C. International (Ireland), corporate defense pioneer and the architect of the emerging cross-functional discipline of corporate defense management (CDM) in conversation with Robert Liscouski, member of the Board, Implant Sciences (NASDAQ:IMSC) and former Assistant Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security will explore the business case.

Registration, as always, is complimentary. Slides and an exemplary downloadable program are posted on the EVENTS tab (Link to our Summer 2010 News page, our new RepuStars composite indices, and other content below). Mary Adams, I-Capital Advisors, moderates.

If you are a senior executive, a board member, or have a financial interest in any publicly traded security, you (or a colleague Send to a Friend) won’t want to miss this event. Learn more.

Program today: You Say IP, I Say IPR

Accountants document on the balance sheet that which: (a) is a diminishing fraction of enterprise value; (b) excludes the innovations and business processes comprising intellectual properties (and rights) that create above-average profits; and (c) is of passing interest to risk and financial executives concerned with cash flow.

Are the rules and language of accounting a hindrance to the creation and monetization of intellectual properties, or irrelevant?

Join me Friday, 6 August, at 12h00 EDT for the Mission Intangible Monthly Briefing as I interview

Dr. Roya Ghafele, Lecturer at Oxford University and expert on IP perceptions, and formerly an economist at both the UN World Intellectual Property Organization and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and

Jim Singer, partner at the Pepper Hamilton law firm, a member of the firm’s intellectual property practice group who publishes the IP Spotlight blog, and is formerly an electrical engineer with an iconic oil firm.

For more information and to register.

If you are general counsel, IP counsel, chief financial officer, a risk officer, an IP executive, a manager of strategic partnerships, a reputation executive (marketing, PR), a board member of any public company, or have a financial interest in any publicly traded security, you won’t want to miss this event.

New Superpowers - Emerging Frontiers for Process

This week I have been talking about structural capital–the superpower of today’s organization. And process is one of the most important and least understood in terms of its importance and its sustained value to an organization.

Most internal processes in today’s organizations already have been automated to one degree or other. There are software programs for accounting, enterprise resource management, risk management, human resources management, performance management, and many, many others. That doesn’t mean that this automation is complete. Quite to the contrary, companies at every level still have a multitude of opportunities to standardize, automate and optimize most internal processes in today’s organizations.

And there are also new horizons where automation has only just begun: backward through the supply chain and forward in customer-facing systems. Read more

Program this Friday: Reputation in the Post-BP Marketplace

“This has now turned into a reputation matter, financial and political, and that is why you will now see more of me,” said BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg 18 June 2010, as headline risk mushroomed and intangible asset value collapsed.

Join me Friday, 9 July, at 12h00 EDT for the Mission Intangible Monthly Briefing. I’ll be hosting Jonathan Salem Baskin and Nir Kossovsky to talk about reputation and how to manage it.

If you are general counsel, chief financial officer, a risk officer, a manager of strategic partnerships, a reputation executive (marketing, PR), a board member of any public company, or have a financial interest in any publicly traded security, you (or a colleague Send to a Friend) won’t want to miss this event. Learn more

Program Friday on Innovation from IAFS

I’ll be hosting a discussion on Friday at noon EST on Innovation: Hot Policy and Practice Issues. Guests will be Ken Jarboe of the Athena Alliance and Judith Giordan of Steel City Re. This is part of the on-going Mission: Intangible series for the Intangible Asset Finance Society. The call is free. Recording available later for a fee. More info and registration.

Don’t miss this program: Intangibles in the Coming Decade

I’m really excited about the program that we are developing at the Intangible Asset Finance Society for Friday, January 8 at noon EST.

Each of the leaders of the Society’s core committees is going to introduce what they view to be the top three critical issues for intangible asset management  in the coming decade. Then we are going to have a discussion of the various themes put forward. This is a do-not-miss event. The call is free that day but you will have to pay to get the recording after the fact. More info and registration.

Program on Quality and Asset Management for Brands

Join me this Friday, December 4 at noon EST for a conversation with Darren Cohen of ReedSmith about Quality and Asset Management for Brands. Darren is a lawyer in ReedSmith’s IP group but he began his career as a Trademark Examiner/Advisor at the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office so he brings an interesting background to the conversation. The call is hosted by the Intangible Asset Finance Society and is free to all. Recordings of the call are available for purchase. Please register for the call in advance.

Join in conversation about the wisdom of crowds

Next Friday, November 6 at noon EST: My guest this month for the Mission: Intangible Briefing for the Intangible Asset Finance Society is Judy Giordan of Steel City Re. Her topic is the Wisdom of Crowds: The Intangible Value of Diversity. The call is open to all but you must preregister.

This Friday: IAFS Call on Measuring Reputation

On Friday (10/2)  at noon EDT, I will once again be hosting the monthly Mission: Intangible conversation for the Intangible Asset Finance Society.

Our guest will be Gary Williams, CEO of wRatings. Gary’s firm provides ratings of more than 5,000 companies that are built, in part, on consumer and business customer reviews of the companies’ offerings.

As you know, I believe that reputation is the new bottom line so I am especially looking forward to this interview. There is no charge to participate in the call but you must register in advance. Recordings are also available for a small charge.

Shareholder Value is Bankrupt: What Will Replace It?

Earlier this year, Jack Welch made the statement to the Financial Times that “shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world…your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.” This is part of a FT series on the Future of Capitalism.

A couple weeks ago, the Aspen Institute released a paper signed by a group of 28 executives that included Warren Buffet (CEO, Berkshire Hathaway), Lou Gerstner Retired CEO, IBM) and John Bogle (Founder, The Vanguard Group). The paper entitled, Overcoming Short-termism, opens by saying: Read more

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