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How to Measure and Manage Your Organization’s Real Value
We are honored to be featured in Impact Entrepreneur's "How to Measure and Manage Your Organization’s Real Value" by Dr. Sara Murdock, published in December of 2025. Please click on the link below to read Sara's comprehensive peice on Impakt IQ. How to Measure and Manage Your Organization’s Real Value
communicationsdev
7 days ago


The Unicorns Fixing the World Are Already Here
We are honored to be featured in Robert Rubinstein's "THE UNICORNS FIXING THE WORLD ARE ALREADY HERE" piece published in February of 2026. Please click on the link below to read about the next generation of billion-dollar companies who seek to restore markets. THE UNICORNS FIXING THE WORLD ARE ALREADY HERE
communicationsdev
7 days ago


Economics 3.0: Siloed Sustainability Management Is Now a Liability
Silos don’t just slow you down — they create risks you can’t see until they hit cash flow. That used to be an operational inconvenience.In 2026, it’s a material reputational, financial and compliance problem. Here’s why: The drivers of business resilience, growth, and value have fundamentally changed alongside risk and stakeholder expectations - but management systems haven’t. Today, depending on the sector, 70–90% of enterprise value is driven by intangible and sustainabil
Elisa Turner
Feb 10


AI Broke the Sustainability Tool Stack — Reporting Was Never the Model
AI exposed the biggest weakness in legacy sustainability tools: They were built for reporting. Not for management. And that’s backwards. For years, “ESG platforms” have mostly been: data collection layers, disclosure workflows, dashboards that summarize the past, narrative outputs that live outside core business decisioning. And that was tolerated—because it was the best we could do at scale. AI changed that. Because AI doesn’t just make reporting faster. It makes an entirely
Elisa Turner
Feb 5


Sustainability Isn’t “ESG.” It’s Unpriced Financial Exposure. You’re Running an Economics 3.0 Business on Economics 1.0 Systems
The evolution to the intangible (including sustainable) economy. We’ve evolved through three economic eras, but most companies are still managing and reporting as if it’s the first. Here’s the business case in plain terms: Economics 1.0 — The Industrial Era Tangible assets = enterprise value. Value was centered on physical production, infrastructure, and labor efficiency. What mattered was visible and measurable: machinery, inventory, capital.Management systems were linear
Elisa Turner
Feb 3


Stop Calling It ESG & Sustainability - It’s Financial Risk - And Must Be Managed That Way
The sustainability/ESG conversation circulating is outdated—and much of it is noise. It reminds me of the early internet era, when everyone argued about “websites” and “e-commerce” while missing the real point: it wasn’t a trend. It was a new operating system for business. We’re doing the same thing now. We keep debating sustainability and ESG as if they were standalone topics, even though the market has already moved on. Here’s what we actually know in 2026: Up to 70–90% of
Elisa Turner
Feb 2


Transformational Accounting Why Now: Intangible Risk is Now Financial Risk
For years, sustainability and intangibles have sat outside the core financial conversation. They lived in: Reports Dashboards Side decks Important—but disconnected. That separation is no longer tenable. Today, depending on the sector, 70–90% of enterprise value is driven by intangible and sustainability-related factors : governance quality, workforce stability, supply-chain resilience, regulatory exposure, environmental and social dependencies, and trust. And here’s the shif
Elisa Turner
Jan 26


The Missing Intelligence Layer Behind Enterprise Value
We’re building the next business intelligence layer for the intangible economy and Economics 3.0 — and we’re actively seeking partners and capital to scale. If your financials explain everything that drives your company’s value, you don’t need Impakt IQ. Most companies are managing only a fraction of what actually drives their value. Depending on the sector, 70–90% of enterprise value now sits in intangible and sustainability-related drivers — governance, supply-chain resil
Elisa Turner
Jan 26


You Don’t Drive Blind — So Why Manage a Business That Way? | Economics 3.0
Would you wait until your car engine blows up before taking it in for service—when the service light has been on for months? Of course not. If the warning light stays on, you know something is happening under the hood—whether you can hear it yet or not. Yet this is exactly how many companies and investors manage their businesses and portfolios. They wait for failure.They react only once risk has already impacted performance, valuation, or reputation. Most still rely on financ
Elisa Turner
Jan 21


Economics 3.0: Managing What Actually Drives Enterprise Value
The Rise of Economics 3.0 and the End of Siloed Management Why Most Businesses Are Still Managing the Wrong KPIs For over a century, businesses operated under Economics 1.0 — an industrial-era model built for tangible assets, linear supply chains, and predictable growth. Value was created through physical capital, scale, and efficiency. Accounting systems, ERP tools, and financial statements were designed to measure exactly that. Then came Economics 2.0. As globalization, tec
Elisa Turner
Jan 13


Your Financials Are Lying to You
If you think your balance sheet tells you what your company is worth, you’re managing with blinders on. Depending on the sector, up to 90% of enterprise value now lives outside financial statements . Brand trust. Workforce capability. Supply-chain resilience. Governance. The ability to adapt when systems fail. Yet most companies still run on tools that measure at best 10–30% of what determines survival and long-term performance. Financials explain the past. They do not explai
communicationsdev
Dec 23, 2025


Masterclass: The Rise of the Intangible & Sustainable Economy
If you haven’t already, listen to the thought-provoking analysis of Impakt IQ's Masterclass: The Rise of the Intangible & Sustainable Economy. They’re talking about us — and the shift we’ve been leading. It’s a must-hear for every business and investor navigating the next wave of enterprise transformation. Why This Matters Today, up to 90% of enterprise value sits in assets you currently may not track — i.e., innovation, reputation, and resilience — because traditional accoun
communicationsdev
Nov 11, 2025


The Next-Generation Engine for Resilient, Scalable Growth
In today’s fast-moving economy, straight-line thinking no longer works. Markets shift overnight, technology disrupts entire industries,...
Elisa Turner
Sep 25, 2025


PRESS RELEASE - Impakt IQ Strengthens Financial Leadership to Ensure a Seamless Market Entry for Its Innovative Sustainability Business Intelligence Platform
Lily Steinbach’s strategic appointment will boost Impakt IQ’s financial leadership and directly enhance its ability to deliver...
Elisa Turner
Dec 5, 2024


PRESS RELEASE - Impakt IQ Strengthens Its Advisory Board with Three Pioneering Leaders in Sustainability
Navine Karim, Rich Stuppy, and Christopher Ott Will Harness a Wealth of Knowledge in Compliance, Law, Technology, and Operations,...
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Oct 29, 2024


PRESS RELEASE - Impakt IQ Strengthens Board with Appointments of Industry Visionaries Harriette Brainard & Ridgely Evers
Bolstering Its Governance and Strategic Vision, Impakt IQ Welcomes the Thought Leadership of These Two Innovators to Move Sustainable...
louise1476
Oct 24, 2024


PRESS RELEASE - Communications Expert to Lead Impakt IQ's Next Chapter in Empowering Businesses to Understand and Act on Impact Performance
Brad Schomburg’s strategic communications skills will amplify Impakt IQ’s message and help drive the company’s growth, in turn empowering...
louise1476
Oct 21, 2024


PRESS RELEASE - Impakt IQ and Viiision Announce Collaborative Partnership
Impakt IQ, A Leading Provider Of Investor-Grade Sustainable Impact Intelligence Solutions, And Viiision, A Leader In AI-Enabled...

Elisa Turner
Mar 11, 2024


Economics 3.0 – Up to 90% of Corporate Value & Assets Today Bump Up Against Sustainable Issues
For the past century, businesses have largely been valued and managed using financial performance metrics and/or tangible assets....

Elisa Turner
Feb 15, 2024
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