Social intelligence, social competence, emotional competence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, emotional adaptiveness, emotional quotient, emotional intelligence, EQ, and EI. There are …
Mergers and acquisitions systems thinking strategies, part 3
Systems thinking strategies for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) provide better integration valuations and post-merger operations. With mergers and acquisitions systems thinking the …
Mergers and acquisitions systems thinking strategies, part 2
When evaluating merger integration risk the reality is true integration risk identification can only happen with an evaluation of systems integration. Without front-end, due diligence on human capital integration then too often the deal becomes a post-merger write-off. The result: wasted opportunity, multiples on paper only, and “synergies” left back on the deal table or with the executive hand-shake.
Evaluating risk: financial models versus competency models, part 2
Models attempt to identify the assets that have value. Â How to manage those assets. Â And how to strategically turn these assets …
Venture Capital and the descent into irrelevance
The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Elemental finance: you assume the amount of risk suitable for an expected payoff. …
Human capital risk, now that’s real risk
You commonly hear an equity firm or venture capital partner claim to invest in the people. Well, when it comes to costs, …
Human capital assessments — the symptom or the disease
The drive to evaluate operations and to contain costs is mistakenly applied as an operational issue across the board. Too often …
Notes from Boston: the state of US venture capital
This was originally posted in the nowEurope, where I post as a contributor. nowEurope reported on technology innovation in Central Europe Centrope …
Why Startups Should ALWAYS Compromise When Hiring? — Never!
Reading a blog on the venture capital website Start Up Hire called: Should Startups Compromise When Hiring? I found a reference …
The VC’s missing formula: human capital discounted cash flow
Accounting assigns of assets and liabilities and financial management’s current or pro forma valuation both rely on art and interpretation more …