{"id":983,"date":"2009-03-16T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2009-02-03T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T03:58:33","slug":"intellectual-property-and-competencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual Property and Competencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was chatting with a good friend of mine whose company does work with organizations to analyze the value of ongoing IP and R&D.\u00a0 Ardent Research<\/a> looks at current R&D and patent activity, surveys progress along that research, competitiveness against similar projects at other companies, and unique thought leadership that might give Ardent\u2019s clients and advantage.\u00a0 In evaluating current IP, gauging the progress and value of current research and patents for organizations, I occurred to me that the value of current IP could be correlated with the aggregate value of competencies within the organization.<\/p>\n

This is one of those arguments where I\u2019d like to suggest that in most companies, the HR function simply does not know nearly enough about the business to really serve appropriately.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, if an organization\u2019s patent and IP work is strong in specific areas, requires faster growth, more concentration, or diversification, and the organization has the appropriate roadmap and survey work to back up that plan, then theoretically HR should have two things:<\/p>\n

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  1. HR knows the strengths and weaknesses of it\u2019s senior talent.\u00a0 By understanding the state of current patent and IP work, HR should also be able to correlate the aggregate talent and competency within the organization to complete a specific type of work.<\/li>\n
  2. If HR knows what weaknesses exist by examining the progress if IP, then HR also knows what to be recruiting for in a short, mid and possibly long term recruiting strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We simply can\u2019t depend on managers in the business to identify recruiting and competency requirements for us.\u00a0 We know that they are always under cost constraints, and if there is a required competency or position to fill, it\u2019s always requested late.\u00a0 Recruiters don\u2019t know about needs until after those needs are required, and as much position management and planning that can be done does not usually help when the business P&L runs against the logic of optimal staffing.<\/p>\n

    In general, I think that aligning with an organization like Ardent who works with the business closely, and attempting to correlate their findings with what we already know about competencies can create incredible possibilities for talent planning.\u00a0 I honestly don\u2019t know if anyone out there is doing correlations between patent portfolios and senior talent requirements, but it\u2019s probably something we should start thinking about.\u00a0 We may not be ready for this type of analysis today, but I\u2019d like to think that in 3-5 years when our core talent systems and programs are in place, this type of analysis becomes more possible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I was chatting with a good friend of mine whose company does work with organizations to analyze the value of ongoing IP and R&D.\u00a0 Ardent Research looks at current R&D and patent activity, surveys progress along that research, competitiveness against…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,44,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-strategies","category-innovation","category-talent-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}