Archive for the ‘Economic’ Category

The Monetization of Social Capitalism

This video introduces the generalized algorithm that will ultimately control the value game. This video identifies what Social Entrepreneurs will do to create value which will eventually be stored and exchanged with a Social Currency.

Monetizing Social Currency

Monetization means that social currency must be convertible with financial currency or accepted widely enough to stand alone across all phases of production.

The ONLY Social Currency Is Time

Thousands of social currencies are emerging as people lose confidence in the ability of the dollar to store value. At the end of the day, a currency is a social agreement. People need to agree that whatever they use for the storage and exchange of value accurately represents their productivity – otherwise they will not work for it.

Social Media is Measured by the Sum of Its Parts

Social Media is greater than the sum of its parts, but it is these parts that define the socialization of business. Today consumers are interacting with peers, brands, and influencers in social networks at varying levels across more industries than you might possibly believe. The answers of who, what, when, where, how, and to what [...]

The Knowledge Inventory: You Cannot Make A Bet Without Odds

The knowledge inventory is the most important part of Social Capitalism. It is also the only piece that will require everyone to think substantially differently about how we are organized in communities. Once we can get over that hurdle – it’s smooth sailing into the next economic paradigm.

Intangible Capital is the New Factory

The core of the tangible economy is the factory. Simply put, a factory is a building where production equipment converts raw material into finished goods. Companies make their money by selling these finished goods. The story of the tangible economy is the story of organizing and running these factories.The modern …

Convergence Toward the Knowledge Inventory

The Knowledge inventory will become the most important element of Social Capitalism. Today, knowledge is largely sequestered behind the walls of corporation in the form of titles, skill codes, resumes, job descriptions, certifications, and college degrees. In order to predict the future, we point to the things that we have done in the past.

IP and IC — Not The Same Thing?

Intellectual property (IP) is a term that is usually used to refer to specific types of structural capital that enjoy special legal status. These include patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Each of these categories has a specific body of law associated with it. Patents have to be approved by …

Social System Capitalism

We cannot have a rational discussion about the market capitalist system without also having a rational discussion about the social capitalist system. Yet, Social Capitalism is barely defined. Social capitalism is hidden behind command and control corporate systems and “intangibles” accounting. Social Capitalism is constrained by invisible lines on a map; marginalized, taxed, oppressed and controlled by skin color, gender roles, marketing, politics, and conflict all in the name of my God and Country.

Independence In The State of Mind

Something extraordinary is about to happen in the way Americans organize themselves. Nothing is sacred, no one is immune. The next economic paradigm will alter the course of civilization.