intangibles:SHARE stories INSPIRE PROMOTE
"What is essential is invisible to the eye" Antoine de Saint Exupery in La Petite Prince
WHY?
Mission
What is an Intangible?
What is an Intangible?
Through this website, we will grow the valuation of intangibles in evaluation, policies and life.
Intangibles such as self-esteem, responsibility, goodwill, and 'good' leadership, are equally valued in society.
What is an Intangible?
What is an Intangible?
What is an Intangible?
A dictionary will say: "an asset (such as goodwill) that is not corporeal or an abstract quality or attribute. Not easily observed." For the development world, an intangible takes on a sense of value, not just a business asset. We say a person is developed when the person has tangible skills and knowledge , but also personal qualities, such as self-confidence, character and honesty.
Why Important?
What is an Intangible?
Why Important?
Our society can benefit from recognizing the value of intangibles and sharing stories on intangibles. Art and music programs are usually always the first to be cut -- deemed superfluous. Yet art has helped many traumatized children in their recovery and can help us live longer. 1. Music has been shown to improve school performance - not
Our society can benefit from recognizing the value of intangibles and sharing stories on intangibles. Art and music programs are usually always the first to be cut -- deemed superfluous. Yet art has helped many traumatized children in their recovery and can help us live longer. 1. Music has been shown to improve school performance - not just math understanding. As a society, we generally put more value on "tangible" numbers, scores and income.
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Footnotes
1
Fancourt, Daisy and Steptoe, Andrew, "The Art of Life and Death: 14-year follow-up analysis of associations between arts engagement and mortality in the English Longevity Study of Aging", BMJ 2019; 367:16377.
2
McClean, Rebecca, "A Sense of Human" in Victoria, September 2018.
3
The AARP Magazine, October/November 2020.