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;
Will you be the next one…?