Originally published May 3, 2024 This is the 103rd article in the Profiles in Knowledge series featuring thought leaders in knowledge management. Jay Chatzkel is currently Principal Photographer at Jay Chatzkel Photography, based in New River, Arizona. He was Principal of Progressive Practices, where he assisted organizations in transforming themselves into knowledge-based, intelligent enterprises. This included working with organizations to develop skills and practices in the areas of merger and acquisition integration, intellectual capital, knowledge management, social media, leadershi ..read more

Originally posted 25-Apr-24 The lack of C-level advocacy for knowledge management has always been a serious challenge for KM professionals. In my recent post about Bob Buckman I stated that he is “one of the very few corporate CEOs to directly champion knowledge management, write about it, and actively participate in KM professional organizations.” This post will explain why it is so important for top leaders in all types of organizations to not only advocate for KM, but to play an active role in practicing it. Although it’s possible to implement a knowledge management program without the sup ..read more

Originally published April 19, 2024 This is the 102nd article in the Profiles in Knowledge series featuring thought leaders in knowledge management. Helen Lippell is a taxonomy, search, metadata, and semantic modeling consultant. She says that she helps organizations sort out their messy content and data. Patrick Lambe posted a suggestion that I include Helen in this series, and I am glad to oblige. She is experienced in designing information architectures, metadata schemas, taxonomies, and semantic models to help organizations fully exploit the value of their content. Helen has des ..read more

Originally posted 18-Apr-24 Shawn Callahan is based in Melbourne, Australia, where his company, Anecdote, applies inspirational story methods to business. He has helped some of the world’s top companies to make their strategies really stick. His specialty is helping analytically-minded executives find and tell the stories that engage the emotions of, and ultimately inspire action from, their employees and customers. Shawn started out as a geographer and archaeologist before working in the field of information technology with Oracle and IBM. His story-work began in 1999 while at IBM, when he s ..read more

Originally posted 11-Apr-24 Bob Buckman is one of the very few corporate CEOs to directly champion knowledge management, write about it, and actively participate in KM professional organizations such as APQC. He had a keen interest in knowledge management and knowledge sharing. Bob practiced and led these from 1984 until he retired in 2016, both within his own company and through teaching others around the world. From 1977–2000 he was the Chief Executive of Buckman Laboratories, a leader in the specialty chemicals market. Bo was President and Chairman of the Board of The Applied Kno ..read more

04-Apr-24 Johel Brown-Grant specializes in using storytelling to create job stories, user journeys, and personas. He has expertise in implementing knowledge strategies to map knowledge flows, uncover tacit knowledge, and foster an agile environment. Johel applies User Experience (UX) and design thinking methodologies to support product development, using service design to support innovation. Johel is a storytelling strategist, UX architect, design thinking specialist, and knowledge management professional with extensive experience in enterprise learning, change management, and business storyt ..read more

Originally posted 21-Mar-24 Nick Bontis is Chair of Strategic Management at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is also the Director of the Institute for Intellectual Capital Research, a management consulting firm and research think-tank that specializes in conducting human capital diagnostic assessments for corporate and government clients. His research focuses on business performance, intellectual capital, knowledge management, organizational learning, collaboration, human capital measurement, and digital transformation. Nick has expertise i ..read more

Originally posted 14-Mar-24 The late Max Boisot (1943-2011) was a British architect and management consultant who was professor of Strategic Management at the ESADE business school in Barcelona. Max was known for his ideas about the information economy, the Information Space, social capital, and social learning theory. For more about Max, see Profiles in Knowledge. Books Selected ResearchGate Articles and Chapters Generating knowledge in a connected world: The case of the ATLAS experiment at CERN Connectivity, Extremes, and Adaptation: A Power-Law Perspective of Organizationa ..read more

Originally published March 8, 2024 This is the 101st article in the Profiles in Knowledge series featuring thought leaders in knowledge management. V. Mary Abraham is an author, consultant, and facilitator. Active in the legal industry since 1991, she practiced corporate law at a top-tier international firm and helped lead its knowledge management efforts. Mary was a member of the faculty of Columbia University’s Master of Science in Information and Knowledge Strategy (IKNS) program and served as Academic Director of the program. Mary co-founded a digital start-up, Broadli Inc., whi ..read more

Originally posted 07-Mar-24 After the first 60 posts in this series featured women who are thought leaders in knowledge management, the next 60 will be about men. This is the first one in the second half of the series. David Bennet is the cofounder, with his wife Alex, of the Mountain Quest Institute. MQI is a center focused on achieving growth and understanding through questions about knowledge, consciousness, and meaning. He and Alex co-wrote many books, book chapters, and articles. David was CEO, Chairman of Board, and CKO of Dynamic Systems, Inc. from 1990 to 2002. He led and managed ..read more