Welcome to GO-TKM Think Tank

What is the GO-TKM Think-Tank?

GO-TKM Think-Tank is your premier destination for diving into the cutting-edge realm of Tacit Knowledge expertise and innovation. It is an elite gathering of global thought leaders, each a master in their respective domains, who convene to pioneer and advance the field of Tacit Knowledge Management (TKM). This dynamic Think-Tank not only fosters individual brilliance but also recognizes the organization itself as a powerful form of think-tank, harnessing collective intelligence and diverse perspectives to drive groundbreaking ideas and solutions.

Every member, a seasoned professional or academic, brings a unique blend of experience, insight, and creativity to the table. By leveraging their personal expertise alongside the synergistic potential of the group, GO-TKM Think-Tank cultivates an environment where Tacit Knowledge can be explored, understood, and effectively managed.

All these experts will converge once a month, on the final Thursday of each month, to collaborate, ideate, and propel the boundaries of TKM forward. Together, they form a formidable force, driving innovation and shaping the future of Tacit Knowledge Management.

Our Experts

Prof. Sylviane Cannio

Belgium

President GO-TKM;
EMCC Master Practitioner;
Master Certified Coach ICF;
ESIA-certified supervisor EMCC;
Chief Learning Officer at MentoringCo

Dr. Clifford Mahto

USA

Vice President at Wells Fargo;
Adjunct Instructor at Herzing University

Prof. Eric Tsui

China HK SAR & Australia

Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Honorary Advisor to Correctional Services Department, HK Government;
Honorary Advisor to Police College, HK Police

Dr. Moria Levy

Israel

CEO of ROM Knowledgeware
Chairman of ISO KM Experts Committee
Chairperson of the Board at Knowledge Management Global Network

Tim Wood Powell

USA

President at The Knowledge Agency®;
Senior Fellow at The Conference Board;
Charter Member and Advisor at Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows

Dr. Ted Spickler

USA

Former Lean Six Sigma and Root Cause Analysis Consultant at Bayer Material Science
Former Associate Professor of Physics at West Liberty University
Author of Gaining Insight Through Tacit Knowledge

Prof. Leif Edvinsson

Sweden

Professor of Intellectual Capital at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor, Honorary Chairman KM forum at Henley Management College

Jasper Lavertu

Netherlands

Global Knowledge Management Practice Manager at Philips

Rajesh Dhillon

Singapore

Director of Acies Innovations;
Adjunct Faculty at Nanyang Technological University; President of Knowledge Management Society Singapore

Stan Garfield

USA

Author and Speaker;
Leader of the SIKM Leaders Community;
KM Advisory Board Member at Kent State University

Mohamad Faiz Selamat

Singapore

Director, Sustainable Growth at Ground Up Solutions
Director of Acies Innovations
Vice President of Knowledge Management Society
Vice-Chair of Knowledge Management Global Network

Dr. Katrina (Kate) Pugh

USA

Consultant and Author at AlignConsulting;
Principal and Co-Founder of Plastic Free Islands Network;
Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University in the City of New York

Ron Young

UK

CEO & CKO of Knowledge Associates Cambridge Ltd;
Visiting Lecturer of Knowledge Asset Management at Cambridge University

Stephanie Barnes

Germany

Chief Chaos Organiser at Entelechy
Consultant, Trainer, and Facilitator at THE CONNECTING DOT
External Advisor at Bain & Company
Head of Intuition at Age of Artists GmbH
Abstract Expressionist at Stephanie Barnes Art

Tom Short

USA

Advisory Board Member at DeFiner
Owner Principal of Tom Short Consulting
Former Associate Partner, Global KM Services at IBM

Kian Abolfazlian

Netherlands

Director, Data Transformation Program Leader, IGT Business Cluster at Philips
Former Executive Advisor & Strategy Expert at European Commission
Former Executive Advisor at The World Bank

Dr. Art Murray

USA

CEO of Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc.;
Member: Brain Trust of Experts at TechCast Global;
Writer, Presenter, Workshop Leader and KM Mentor at InformationToday

Richard Vines

Australia

Tacit Exchanges for Resilient Living
Former Knowledge Management Specialist – Victorian Government
Former Honorary Fellow, eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr. Paul O Olson

Norway

CEO of NORDIC HEADS LIMITED
Past President of EMCC Norway
EMCC Global Supervisor and Master Practitioner

Stephen Bounds

Australia

Executive, Information Management at Cordelta
Founder and Publisher of RealKM Magazine
Contributor at Image & Data Manager Magazine

Prof. Wernher Friedrich

South Africa

Head of Research & Academic Development at Fullstack
Director at Mencor Consulting

Dr. Oliver Schwabe

Germany

Risk Partner, Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce
Cybersecurity Manager (Chair City ISAC I4C+) at Major Cities of Europe
Chair and Principal Web Weaver at Open European Network for Enterprise Innovation

Richard Cross

UK

Advisory Board Member at The Business Excellence Institute
Director of MCH Global
Former Managing Partner of Global KM Services at Xerox

Raj Datta

USA

Former Director, Customer Success & Support, AI Products Group | AI/ML | Product & Program Management at Intel Corporation
Former Educational Sabbatical | AI | Machine Learning | Data Science at UIUC

Dave Snowden

UK

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Cognitive Edge
Former Director, Institute for Knowledge Management at IBM

Doron Gower

Israel

Chief Solution Architect at KMS Lighthouse

Dr. Samantha Hedgspeth

USA

Founder of The Hedgspeth Group;
Advisory Committee Member at Northcentral University;
Former Business Analyst at Freddie Mac

Ludo Pyis

Belgium

Founder & President of AREOPA Group;
Partner & Co-founder of Lanterna Capital;
Former Vice President of Hewlett Packard

Pascal SAURA

USA

Senior Knowledge & Learning Officer at The World Bank; Former Deputy Delegate General, Head of Professional Development at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Prof. David Souder

USA

Interim Stamford Campus Director at the University of Connecticut;
Academic Director, Executive MBA Program at University of Connecticut School of Business

Roger Forsgren

USA

NASA's former Chief Knowledge Officer

Dr. Liu Gang

China

Associate Professor at Shenzhen Technology University;
PhD in Knowledge and Technology Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Vanessa DiMauro

USA

Head of Community at Georgian;
Executive Director and Founder at Leader Networks;
One of Forbes’ Top 40 Social Media Masters Worldwide;
One of CEOWorld’s Most Powerful Women in Social Media

Dr. Johel Brown Grant

USA

Storytelling Strategist, Design Thinking Expert;
Former Knowledge Management Specialist at the United States Postal Service;
Former Assistant Dean at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

John Hovell

USA

Co-Founder at Questions Worth Asking;
Managing Director at STRATactical International LLC;
Knowledge Management/Organization Development Strategist

David Gurteen

UK

Director of Gurteen Knowledge;
Creator of Gurteen Knowledge Café;
Founder of Gurteen Knowledge Community

Dr. Arthur Shelley

Australia

Director at Knowledge Associates Australia;
Founder and CEO at Intelligent Answers;
Senior Industry Fellow and Business Mentor at RMIT University;
Former Global Knowledge Director at Cadbury Schweppes;

Prof. Murray Jennex

Australia

Clinical Professor at West Texas A&M University; Professor Emeritus at San Deigo State University;
Owner of Foundation for Knowledge Management.com, LLC;
Founder and the chief editor at the International Journal of Knowledge Management

Jordan Richards

UK

CEO of Tacitous;
Founder of Tacitous Organisational Knowledge;
Information and Digital Solutions Technologist

Dr. Ioanna Pavlidou

USA

Board of Advisors at ARTRACX;
President at TEN - The Entrepreneurs' Network;
Doctor of Philosophy at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr. Dan Asher

Israel

Founder and CEO at 'Dan Asher -Tacit Dimension' -Private Consultant;
Tacit Knowledge Researcher;
Senior Board Member at the Israel KM Forum;
Former CKO at the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel

Keith De La Rue

Australia

Member of Mensa Australia; Former Knowledge Manager at Telstra;
Former Knowledge Manager at Telstra;
Principal Consultant at AcKnowledge Consulting Organising;
Group Member at Melbourne KM Leadership Forum;
Sessional Lecturer, Victoria University, Australia

Bill Kaplan

USA

Founder and Principal Consultant at Working Knowledge CSP;
Former CIO at Acquisition Solutions;
Former Multiple command and leadership positions in the United States Air Force

Bruce Boyes

Australia

KM and Environmental Consultant at Bruce Boyes Consulting Editor, Lead Writer, and Director at RealKM Magazine

Stephen Dale

UK

Founder of Collabor8now;
Editorial Board Member at Business Information Review

Dr. Cheng GONG

China

Instructor at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics;
Ph.D in KM and Innovation Management at Bangkok University;
Founder of Infinite Knowledge

Dr. Abbey ZHOU

China

Associate Professor in International Business & Strategy at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China;
Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham

James Eccles

UK

Knowledge Management Lead – Emirates Steel Arkan, Abu Dhabi;
Global Knowledge Manager at Aker Solutions

Prof. Richard Kumi

USA

Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock;
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) at the University of Arkansas

Dr. Irma Becerra

USA

President at Marymount University;
Former Provost & CAO at St. Thomas University;
Former professor at Florida International University(FIU);
The 1st woman to earn a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University (FIU)

Darius Bariai

USA

Knowledge Management and Lessons Learned Consultant;
Former Head of KM Services at Rolls-Royce;
Former Business Improvements & KM Consultant at GE

Claudio Bladassarre

Portugal

Company Owner--METALEVELS;
Semantic Interoperability for Cross-Boarder Public Services at European Commission;
Former Data governance consultant at FAO

Omar Ossés

Argentina

Founding partner CEO at Taishi Consulting;
Master Coach 1st President Argentina ICF;
Mentor Coach and Latin America coordinator;
Advisor EcosyXLab Japan;
Sensei 5 Dan Aikido & Yoga Professor;
Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Perú and Universidad Siglo 21

Stuart French

Australia

Program Manager, Knowledge at Country Fire Authority (CFA);
Chair, AFAC Knowledge, Innovation and Research Utilisation Network (KIRUN) at AFAC News; Former Facilitator, Online MIS & KM Course for the MBA Program (School of Mgt) at La Trobe University

Edwin K. Morris

USA

President and Founder at
Pioneer Knowledge Services; Guest lecturer at Kent State University

Dr. Josh Plaskoff

USA

Principal and Founder at the interhuman group; Organizational Leadership Faculty at Purdue University; Board Member at Indianapolis Shakespeare Company

Frank Connolly

Australia

Former Manager, Knowledge & Innovation at Dept of Justice;
Former Senior Project Manager at Victoria Police;
Intelligence Center Lessons Learned Knowledge Leader in ASRC Federal

Edgar Tan

Singapore

Founding Partner at Straits Knowledge;
Former Director at Ampersand Associates Pte Ltd;
Former President at Information and Knowledge Management Society

Ian Fry

Australia

Director, Knowledge Management Consultant at Knoco Australia;
Chair at Standards Australia Knowledge Management Subcommittee;
Owner of Fry Systems Pty Ltd

Dr. Shiraz Ahmed

Pakistan

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Business Management;
VP Development and Country Ambassador in EMCC Asia Pacific

Prof. Vincent Ribiere

Thailand

The top 100 thought leaders in Knowledge Management in 2021;
KM Individual Award 2022 by KM Austria and Knowledge for Development Partnership (KM4DP);
Managing Director of the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA) -Bangkok University;
Founder of the Southeast Asia MIKE Award

Evans Simiyu

Kenya

Knowledge Management and Learning Specialist at APHRC(African Population and Health Research Center); Former Manager Knowledge Management Unit at Kenya Revenue Authority

Zach Wahl

USA

Chief Executive Officer at Enterprise Knowledge, LLC

Dr. Randhir Pushpa

India

CEO & Co-founder at ACIES Innovations;
PhD in Knowledge Management at Indian Institute of Science;
MBA

Dr Mohan Guruswamy

UAE

Chief Knowledge Officer at World Free Zones Organization ("World FZO"); Fellow --Judge Business School in Cambridge Uni

Beena Mathew

India

Enterprise Knowledge Management Centre of Excellence Leader at PepsiCo

Jessica Malloy

USA

Senior Knowledge Manager at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning;
Columbia University

Dr. Rachad Najjar

France

GE Vernova--Global Knowledge Sharing and Organizational Learning Leader;
Dubai Land Department—Former Knowledge Management Manager;
Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial Engineering

Dr. Bebeka Cosandey

Switzerland

Scientist and Global Project Lead at University Hospital Basel (Switzerland) ;
Director at Acies Innovations (Europe and USA);
Editor of Knowledge and Innovation Management at Frontiers;
ETH Zürich

Prof. Peter Heisig

Germany

Vice President for Research and Transfer & Professor for Info and KM at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam;
Doctor of Technical University of Berlin

Changiz Valmohammadi

Iran

Associate Professor at Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch;
“Ranking of World Scientists: World's Top 2% Scientists” in 2021

Hubert Saint-Onge

Canada

Principal at SaintOnge Alliance;
Strategy, Organization and Leadership Consulting - Coach and Advisor to Leadership Teams;
Former Vice-president, Leadership and Organization Development at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Arno Boersma

Netherlands

Knowledge Management Specialist of the World Bank;
Co-founder of Knowledge on a Mission

Rudolf D'Souza

India

Chair- KM Global Network, 2019 & 2020;
Former CKO at AFCONS Infrastructure Limited-A Shapoorji Pallonji Group Company

Dr. Alex Bennet

USA

Professor at Bangkok University Institute of Knowledge and Innovation Management;
Former Chief Knowledge Officer of the U.S. Department of the Navy;
Co-Founder of Mountain Quest Institute(MQI)

Harlan Hugh

USA

CEO & CTO, TheBrain Technologies LP

Victoria Köstner

Germany

Tacit Knowledge Management in Projects;
Founder of Köstner - Knowledge, Culture and Change;
Facilitator, Trainer and Consultant for Organizational Learning in Project Management;
Ambassador of the German Association for Knowledge Management (GfWm);

Alessandro Pegoraro

Italy

EMCC Italy President;
Main Partner at Coaching You

Vlad Dutescu

Romania

Country President of EMCC Romania;
Area Developer for Romania at Sandler Training;
Managing Partner at Add Value Serv

Paul Anwandter

Chile

EMCC Latam President;
Academic Director and Author at Academia Inpact

Dr. Vanessa Liu

USA

Co-Founder and CEO of Sugarwork;
Board Director, Appen (ASX: APX);
Board Director, Goodman Group (ASX: GMG);
Former Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

Sandra Montanino

Canada

Founder and Principal of Navig8 Professional Development Inc.;
Former Director of Professional Development at Goodmans LLP

Tom Strand

Norway

Chairman and Co-founder Humeno
Founder, CEO Humentat Management Consultant BTG
Former Associate Professor Norwegian Business School
Former Senior Partner Mercuri Urval
Former Major in the Armed Forces

Prof. Patrick S.W. Fong

Australia

Associate Professor at the School of Engineering & Built Environment, Griffith University;
Former Associate Director at Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre (KMIRC), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr. Judith Michelle Williams

USA

Co-Founder of Sugarwork;
Former Senior Vice President of Global HR at SAP

Dr. Anthony J Rhem

USA

CEO and Principal Consultant at A J RHEM & ASSOCIATES INC;
Executive Principal at Act Digital Consulting;
Venture Partner at AIV50

Steven Flinn

USA

Author, Inventor, and CEO at ManyWorlds Inc.;
Advisor and CTO at revealit.io;
Former VP Strategy and Strategic Alliances at Shell

Kristina Mirchuk

Spain

Founder & CEO at GEIST Consultancy;
Vice president of the Society or Knowledge Management (GfWM);
Member of the board of the Knowledge Management Association at KMGN;

Aake Elden

Norway

Senior Consultant & Thought Leader in Tacit Knowledge Management;
Founder Lead With Passion at Eccelude;
Co-Founder of Humeno;

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