200 KM Thought Leaders and 100 KM Consultants

Published April 12, 2016

I maintain lists for knowledge management and social business thought leaders and consultants. The lists are available at:

• KM Thought Leaders
• KM Consultants

Please comment with suggested additions or better links for these two lists. If any of these people are no longer with us, please let me know that as well, so I can move them to the Gone, but not forgotten section.

Also see:

• Books featured in the Profiles in Knowledge series
• Profiles in Knowledge in honor of International Women’s Day
• Improving Gender Balance in KM Thought Leadership Recognition
• Who are some prominent thinkers on collaboration?
• 10 x 10: 100 Insightful KM Resources for recommended thought leaders and consultants
• Recommendations
• Thought-Provoking Speakers
• 32 KM Thought Leaders
• What is thought leadership?
• What is the path one should take if one wants to be a thought leader?
• Exploring Aspects of KM that Contribute to the Passion Expressed by Its Thought Leaders by Alex Bennet

Profiles in Knowledge

1. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 19-Dec-17: Debra Amidon, Patti Anklam, Charles Savage, Jean-Claude Monney, David Skyrme, Wendi Pohs, and Ron Smart
2. Compaq Computer Corporation 26-Dec-17: Max Bromley, Earle Craigie, John Tohline, Etienne Bossard, and Ron Kempf
3. Hewlett-Packard (HP) 02-Jan-18: Andrew Gent, Bruce Karney, Bernard Hennecker, Marcus Funke, Birgit Gobi, Stephanie Barnes, Nancy Settle-Murphy, Marko Kiiski, Deborah Plumley, Peggy Parskey, Michael Wyrsch, Ron Plourde, Marilyn Martiny, Chuck Sieloff, and Gita Haghi
4. Deloitte 08-Jan-18: Lee Romero, Curtis Conley, Ray Sims, Gloria Burke, Marti Heyman, John Hagel, John Seely Brown, Pete Williams, Jean Pagani, Chris Heuer, Andrew Wright, Robert Hillard, Ido Namir, Symon Garfield, Daniel Lee, Chris Fletcher, Dave Thomas, Lucas McDonnell, and Adriaan Jooste
5. Columbia University Information and Knowledge Strategy Program 16-Jan-18: Mary Abraham, Madelyn Blair, Vanessa DiMauro, Jeanne Harris, Ed Hoffman, Ralph Poole, Tim Powell, Kate Pugh, Guy St. Clair, T.J. Elliott, Illana Raia, Catherine Shinners, and Lesley Shneier
6. Max Boisot 22-Jan-18
7. Jay Cross 29-Jan-18
8. Peter Drucker 07-Feb-18
9. Carl Frappaolo 12-Feb-18
10. Jack Grayson 20-Feb-18
11. Frank Leistner 26-Feb-18
12. Melissie Rumizen 05-Mar-18
13. Verna Allee 13-Mar-18
14. Kaye Vivian, Part 1— Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 19-Mar-18
15. Graham Durant-Law 13-Apr-18
16. Carla O’Dell 17-Apr-18
17. Bob Buckman 23-Apr-18
18. David Garvin 24-Apr-18
19. Susan Hanley 27-Apr-18
20. Thomas Stewart 27-May-18
21. Thomas Davenport 05-Jun-18
22. Laurence Prusak 15-Jun-18
23. Nancy Dixon 21-Jun-18
24. Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner 27-Jun-18
25. Stephen Denning 04-Jul-18
26. David Snowden 11-Jul-18
27. David Weinberger 18-Jul-18
28. 5 Important 20th Century Philosophers — Michael Polanyi, Karl Popper, Bernard Lonergan, Imre Lakatos, and Thomas Kuhn 25-Jul-18
29. Alex and David Bennet 15-Aug-18
30. Patrick Lambe 15-Sep-18
31. Euan Semple 20-Sep-18
32. Anthony Rhem 25-Sep-18
33. John and JoAnn Girard 05-Oct-18
34. Arthur Shelley 31-Oct-18
35. Nick Milton 15-Nov-18
36. Valdis Krebs 27-Nov-18
37. Helen Blunden 05-Dec-18
38. Matthew Moore 12-Dec-18
39. Luis Suarez 12-Jan-19
40. Murray Jennex 29-Jan-19
41. Nancy White 28-Feb-19
42. Shawn Callahan 06-Mar-19
43. Chris Collison 29-Apr-19
44. Alice MacGillivray 23-May-19
45. Dorothy Leonard 05-Jun-19
46. Leif Edvinsson 09-Jul-19
47. Nirmala Palaniappan 25-Aug-19
48. Joitske Hulsebosch 25-Sep-19
49. Lilia Efimova 17-Oct-19
50. Karl-Erik Sveiby 20-Nov-19
51. Patricia Eng 14-Dec-19
52. Karl Wiig 15-Jan-20
53. Susan Feldman 21-Feb-20
54. Mary Lee Kennedy 15-Mar-20
55. Jessica Lipnack 23-Apr-20
56. Paul Corney 13-May-20
57. Michelle Ockers 26-Jun-20
58. David Gurteen 23-Jul-20
59. Madanmohan Rao 21-Aug-20
60. Marcia Conner 20-Sep-20
61. Rachel Happe 20-Oct-20
62. Ross Dawson 27-Nov-20
63. Jane Hart 12-Dec-20
64. Five Japanese KM Authors — Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kazuo Ichijo, Toshihiro Nishiguchi, and Noboru Konno 16-Jan-21
65. Kimiz Dalkir 24-Feb-21
66. Ron Young 22-Mar-21
67. Heather Hedden 15-Apr-21
68. Dennis Pearce 28-May-21
69. Jane McConnell 19-Jun-21
70. Georg von Krogh 14-Jul-21
71. Amy Edmondson 18-Aug-21
72. Harold Jarche 15-Sep-21
73. Annie Green 06-Oct-21
74. Vincent Ribière 07-Nov-21
75. Heidi Gardner 13-Dec-21
76. Eric Tsui 15-Jan-22
77. Charlene Li 09-Feb-22
78. Peter Morville 18-Apr-22
79. James Robertson 05-May-22
80. Rob Cross 10-Jun-22
81. Seth Earley 13-Jul-22
82. Art Murray 15-Aug-22
83. Hubert Saint-Onge 09-Sep-22
84. Mark Britz 20-Oct-22
85. Johel Brown-Grant 18-Nov-22
86. Gary A. Klein 06-Dec-22
87. Chun Wei Choo 23-Jan-23
88. John Hovell 24-Feb-23
89. Morten Hansen 27-Mar-23
90. Nick Bontis 20-Apr-23
91. George Siemens 19-May-23
92. Göran Roos and Johan Roos 25-Jun-23
93. Bill Kaplan 12-Jul-23
94. Jay Liebowitz 17-Aug-23
95. Zach Wahl 22-Sep-23
96. Rachad Najjar 12-Oct-23
97. Bill Ives 15-Nov-23
98. John Lewis 06-Dec-23
99. Gordon Petrash 09-Jan-24
100. Stan Garfield 09-Feb-24
101. Mary Abraham 08-Mar-24
102. Helen Lippell 19-Apr-24
103. Jay Chatzkel 03-May-24
104. Mary Adams 04-Jun-24
105. Kent Greenes 03-Jul-24

Lucidea’s Lens

1. Patti Anklam 31-Mar-22
2. Stephanie Barnes 07-Apr-22
3. Marcia Conner 14-Apr-22
4. Nancy Dixon 21-Apr-22
5. Patricia Eng 28-Apr-22
6. Heidi K. Gardner 05-May-22
7. Susan Hanley 12-May-22
8. Mary Abraham 19-May-22
9. Verna Allee 26-May-22
10. Debra Amidon 02-Jun-22
11. Irma Becerra 09-Jun-22
12. Alex Bennet 14-Jul-22
13. Madelyn Blair 28-Jul-22
14. Helen Blunden 04-Aug-22
15. Gloria Burke 11-Aug-22
16. Danièle Chauvel 18-Aug-22
17. Kimiz Dalkir 25-Aug-22
18. Vanessa DiMauro 01-Sep-22
19. Amy Edmondson 08-Sep-22
20. Lilia Efimova 15-Sep-22
21. Susan Feldman 22-Sep-22
22. JoAnn Girard 29-Sep-22
23. Annie Green 06-Oct-22
24. Rachel Happe 13-Oct-22
25. Mary Ellen Bates 20-Oct-22
26. Kirsimarja Blomqvist 27-Oct-22
27. Jeanne Harris 10-Nov-22
28. Jane Hart 17-Nov-22
29. Heather Hedden 01-Dec-22
30. Marti Heyman 08-Dec-22
31. June Holley 15-Dec-22
32. Mary Adams 22-Dec-22
33. Joitske Hulsebosch 05-Jan-23
34. Mary Lee Kennedy 12-Jan-23
35. Dorothy Leonard 16-Feb-23
36. Charlene Li 18-May-23
37. Jessica Lipnack 22-Jun-23
38. Elizabeth Lank 24-Aug-23
39. Brenda Dervin 31-Aug-23
40. Alice MacGillivray 14-Sep-23
41. Jane McConnell 21-Sep-23
42. Agnes Molnar 28-Sep-23
43. Michelle Ockers 05-Oct-23
44. Carla O’Dell 12-Oct-23
45. Moria Levy 19-Oct-23
46. Nirmala Palaniappan 26-Oct-23
47. Wendi Pohs 02-Nov-23
48. Katrina Pugh 09-Nov-23
49. Melissie Rumizen 30-Nov-23
50. Céline Schillinger 07-Dec-23
51. Nancy Settle-Murphy 14-Dec-23
52. Catherine Shinners 21-Dec-23
53. Lesley Shneier 04-Jan-24
54. Keeley Sorokti 11-Jan-24
55. Kaye Vivian 18-Jan-24
56. Victoria Ward 25-Jan-24
57. Ana Neves 01-Feb-24
58. Beverly Wenger-Trayner 15-Feb-24
59. Nancy White 22-Feb-24
60. Cindy Gordon 29-Feb-24
61. David Bennet 07-Mar-24
62. Max Boisot 14-Mar-24
63. Nick Bontis 21-Mar-24
64. Mark Britz 28-Mar-24
65. Johel Brown-Grant 04-Apr-24
66. Bob Buckman 11-Apr-24
67. Shawn Callahan 18-Apr-24
68. Chris Collison 02-May-24
69. Paul Corney 09-May-24
70. Jay Cross 16-May-24
71. Rob Cross 23-May-24
72. Tom Davenport 30-May-24
73. Ross Dawson 06-Jun-24
74. Steve Denning 13-Jun-24
75. Graham Durant-Law 20-Jun-24
76. Seth Earley 27-Jun-24
77. Leif Edvinsson 11-Jul-24
78. Carl Frappaolo 18-Jul-24
79. David Garvin 25-Jul-24

Thought Leaders of the Week

1. Shawn Callahan 27-Feb-08
2. Arthur Shelley 05-Mar-08
3. Etienne Wenger 24-Mar-08
4. Greg Reid 01-Apr-08
5. Dave Pollard 08-Apr-08
6. Bruce Hoppe 08-Apr-08
7. Carla O’Dell 15-Apr-08
8. John McQuary 24-Apr-08
9. Fred Nickols 30-Apr-08
10. Bill Ives 09-May-08
11. Graham Durant-Law 15-May-08
12. Jack Vinson 21-May-08
13. Susan Hanley 10-Jun-08
14. Richard Cross: Part 1 18-Jun-08 Part 2 01-Jul-08, Part 3 09-Jul-08, Part 4 16-Jul-08
15. Tom Davenport 22-Jul-08 and 25-Oct-06
16. Larry Prusak 22-Jul-08
17. Richard McDermott 29-Jul-08