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Collaboration as an Intangible Asset

Harvard Business Review

Interestingly, intangible assets are all the rage these days on Wall Street. There is no line on the balance sheet for "ability to innovate" or "skill at managing brand." Marvelous, but if it's invisible, how do you see an intangible asset or collaboration, for that matter? What are you doing to cultivate them?

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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

Coaching and mentoring across age groups makes sense. What we asked people was, at this point in their lives, are they actively building, maintaining, or depleting their tangible and intangible assets? Actively building both tangible and intangible assets is crucial to creating a long and productive working life.