‘One of the most critical issues facing investors and corporate stakeholders is the challenge of ensuring the relevance, timeliness, reliability, consistency and comparability of information and its impact on the ability to truly measure the value of an enterprise in the New Economy.’

So begins Ryan Offutt's Crystalline that goes on to explore in some depth the theoretical underpinnings of human capital management, as well as current and future challenges in this emerging area. Newly published on HubCap Digital, you can access the full works (and download for free) by clicking here.

Ryan's Crystalline marks the second in a new series of thought pieces written by the Human Potential Accounting (HPA) Business Intelligence team and selected guest writers. The expertly crafted documents are designed to keep you abreast of the latest thinking in human capital and sample the quality of our research output. As well as our own publishing schedule, HPA also invites organisations to commission their own bespoke Crystalline for targeted business intelligence - learn more about our services here.

About the Author
Ryan Offutt is currently studying towards an MSc in Occupational Psychology at Sheffield University. Before making a career change to occupational psychology, Ryan worked as a professional editor and writer for AGCAS, producing online and print content for the Prospects graduate careers site (www.prospects.ac.uk). He has a BA (2002) from the University of Maryland (USA) and an MA (2004) in English Literature from Sheffield University, and has also worked as a graduate tax consultant at PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP. You can reach him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .