As 2013 has opened, the merger business has, as theNY Times reported, “roared back to life” with more activity than has been seen since 2007, the year before the Great Recession began.

Corporations have $1 trillion in cash on their balance…

I’m really happy to announce that the International Conference on Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Managementis going to be in the U.S. this fall. It’s been five years since the last time the conference was in the U.S. so I am very excited—I think the U.S. is more ready than ever for the intangible capital message!

The dates are October 24-25 at George…

Elders vs Egos

The Battle for the Ethos of the Modern Business

Why Past Practices are Essential to Embrace in the New Economy

So much of the traditional conversation surrounding leadership in organizations today is really off base. Like so many…

- Before hitting the launch button, go through the checklist

Preparing a privately held company for sale – exit planning – entails a fairly extensive list of things that need to be done and considered.  The process should start several years in advance of the sale. The goal is to ensure that the Intellectual Capital being needed by the company is…

EE = EBITDA

Transforming Human Capital into Financial Capital.

Jeffrey S. Deckman, Founder, Capability Accelerators

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Jay Deragon had a great post last week on analysis versus synthesis. His points are really well taken and directly applicable to the challenges of intangible capital management.

Intangible capital includes a…

There’s a new report out summarized under the headline Goodwill Impairment Holds Steady this week on the Business Finance site.

The article is full of data on things like total impairments, goodwill as a percentage of total assets, total…

For those who still don’t think social technologies will turn corporations upside down, here’s a dispatch from the front lines that you shouldn’t ignore: Even if It Outrages the Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected.

In it, the NY Times reports that

Federal regulators are ordering employers to scale…

- Talent acquisition, talent management and succession planning are the keys to the ultimate creation of Human Capital and Shareholder Value Maximization.

The creation of enterprise value, the key to shareholder value maximization, is primarily dependent on the…