[pjscott]

That one has an actual useful definition in economics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital

[krageon]

The term is dehumanising and has no place in adult conversations.

[alistairSH]

Sure, and it's use should remain academic. If a manager is using "human capital" as a replacement for their actual team, there's a problem.

[function_seven]

We've all been using the term "Human Resources" for what, like 20 years now? 30?

It's always rubbed me the wrong way. What was wrong with "Personnel"?

[yunwal]

Yeah, to be clear, I have no issue with it’s use in macro-Econ, my issue is a C-Suite calling their employees and their specialized knowledge human capital to their faces.