5/4/2011: Packaging Intangibles for Monetization – Branding from Beijing to the Bay

May’s event was on the importance of conveying intangibles and how to present them in such a way that it can bridge any cultural gap. Experienced media executive, Eric Rhodes lead a talk on how to better communicate your company’s vision.

Numbers speak for themselves. Placed into their proper context, numbers can begin to sing. Setting context depends on effectively expressing what a company is really all about, it’s story.  This is where intangible assets come into play, the brand, the IP, and the human capital. How can these be presented and understood in such a way that stands out across a world of information?
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6/1/2011: The Culture of Trust, Innovation Tools and the Social Web.

This event explores the value of trust in the highly connected world. We also discussed how innovation tools have put us in closer contact with one another and how they have changed the structure and hierarchy of project developing.

What is the current state of innovation tools? Is the best way to create a breakthrough still a skunkworks project? Or have collaboration and innovation tools reached a level of sophistication where they provide a sensible alternative to the old school method? How does social media factor in?
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4/6/2011: The Next Big Thing Isn’t a Thing

On April 6th SVII hosted Bill Veltrop, a leading “architect of generative change” and a co-founder of Monterey Institute for Social Architecture. Bill revealed his daring vision of “regional metamorphosis” and the transformation of our myriad social systems from finite to infinite games as a pathway to the Age of Conscious Evolution.
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