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financial value – licensing, selling or exploiting knowledge assets through other commercial means to secure a financial return for the taxpayer We asked our supporters to write a text of no more than two hundred words about how we can stop those who believe they’re in control of the world. Responses came pouring in, and we ended up with over eighty bite-sized essays.

As you read this book it will become clear that nothing can be labelled easily or dismissively as a ‘conspiracy theory’. Humanity is now experiencing conspiracies that have been in the planning for decades—or even longer. It is our duty to do everything we can to stop these plans, or else we will all be dragged into a dark abyss. Strategic management of knowledge assets is important to the efficient and effective use of resources within any organisation. In particular, it allows an organisation to:procurement of knowledge assets, which is an essential part of the delivery of public services and driving innovation

This guidance should be considered alongside the legal framework, and other relevant guidance or principles which may apply to individual organisations. Key FAQs In addition, an early consideration of the knowledge assets that a project will generate can allow an organisation to understand at an early phase the potential wider applications. While it would not be right for an organisation to generate additional assets, solely with a view to their future exploitation in other markets, it may well be possible to design the project in such a way that maximises the ability to use assets in this way in the future, or for the organisation to benefit from such uses by a project delivery partner. Not for profit collaborations and joint ventures Once identified, the organisation should have a method of recording these systematically, with key information relevant to their effective management.The strategy should be regularly evaluated and reviewed to understand whether the priorities identified remain relevant, and to understand how far your approach to knowledge assets management has been effective in achieving those strategic objectives. Patents protect new inventions and cover how products work, what they do, how they do it, what they are made of and how they are made. the public sector relies on knowledge assets to deliver public services; if these are not appropriately protected there is a risk that a third party, either through appropriation or because they have separately developed the same invention, put in place protections themselves, which may then restrict the organisations ‘freedom to operate’ the potential benefit to the economy from the exploitation of the asset is not significantly impacted by restrictions to access. For example, this may be the case where the likely market is characterised by a small number of large firms, who can afford to pay to use the asset, and where any savings from unrestricted access would be more likely to be reflected in increased profits rather than cost savings to consumers

As illustrated in box 6.A, this chapter is largely focused on the ‘develop’, ‘deploy’ and, to a smaller extent, ‘scale’ phases of knowledge asset management. But the funnel is helpful in showing that this is not a smooth process, and narrowing down ideas can be an iterative one. This means that a process to manage ideas through this funnel should be light touch at the beginning and grow in intensity, so resources are committed appropriately. Any kind of public sector asset can and should be considered. Candidates include both physical and intangible assets, for example land, buildings, equipment, software and intellectual property.” It should be clear to a third party from your knowledge asset management strategy who they need to approach should they believe they need a licence. Protection requirements over time

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C. For a public sector organisation to protect an asset, it does not necessarily mean that that they are going against government’s commitment to be open and transparent. It also does not mean that the protected asset is withheld from the public either.

Protection strategies – to help your organisation decide on the best approach for handling your assets once identified, whether and how to protect them. The goal may be to release to the public, but do you nevertheless need to put protections in place to facilitate that transfer? Knowhow could be associated with any or all of the IP rights, but may not be protectable in itself, other than by trade secrecy and the law of confidence some departments procure hardware and other physical assets, which, whether ‘off the shelf’ or bespoke, will often be protected by design rights, patents and trade marks

Ratings and reviews

When public bodies have assets which are not fully used but are to be retained, it is good practice to consider exploiting the spare capacity to generate a commercial return in the public interest. This is essentially part of good asset management.” As part of this assessment of resource requirements, an organisation should consider what capabilities it requires, and how these will be accessed. For many organisations, the specialist expertise may not be available internally, and so a strategy should consider how that will be accessed from external sources, either inside or outside of the public sector. Chapter 8 provides some further detail on the support that is being established in relation to this guidance. With free to use material dealt with in this way, there are still considerations that should be made, such as: