Company Profile

KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES is one of the few organisations in the world who focus solely on Knowledge Management, and have done so from early 1993. Knowledge Associates is a web-centric international knowledge management consulting and technology organisation based in Cambridge UK. The organisation provides thought leadership, education, strategy consulting, software solutions, web-based implementation and support for knowledge management. The mission of Knowledge Associates is to help organisations become more competitive by making the transition from information management to strategic knowledge management. Since 1993, Knowledge Associates has advised and assisted a variety of Governments, Multi-National Organisations, Institutions and SME's in knowledge management, including Ernst & Young, Chase Bank, Sony, BT, Hong Kong Telecom, Raytheon, Lotus, General Motors, Unilever etc.

From a professional standing, Knowledge Associates have attained a very high reputation for Knowledge Management education, consulting, systems development, quality and project management for engagements, as indicated by the following key achievements;

• 'Knowledger v1.0' achieved the Lotusphere 97 'Best Runner Up' Beacon award for the best Internet/Domino application
• Knowledge Associates are the sole European contractors to Lotus Education for teaching the Accelerated Value Method in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
• Knowledge Associates are the sole European contractors to Lotus Education for accrediting LBPs in delivering corporate business education in 'Capitalizing on Lotus Notes', Virtual Team Development, and Organisational Renewal in EMEA.
• Knowledge Associates have strategic alliances with IBM Consulting, Lotus and UUNET (the largest Internet Providers in the world) to ensure that 'no engagement is too large'

KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES's Business Motivation for LEVER

KNAS participate in the Esprit KNOW-NET project (28928), which is nearing completion, for the development of the first truly holistic KM solution that fuses knowledge as a product (content) with knowledge as a process (context). For us the LEVER project is a tremendous need and opportunity because:

• It will enable us to finely tune the KNOW-NET product, improve and customise the offering to the 'software industry'
• it will help us foster strategic partnerships and alliances with software companies to globally implement, customise and support our KM solutions fast
• it will bring all the benefits of KM to the software sector, which will act as a 'multiplier' and a potential distribution outlet for the exploitation of the our methods and tools

Moreover, LEVER gives us the possibility of expanding in new markets and new countries (e.g. in Greece, the Czech Republic and Turkey).

CV's of KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES's key persons to be involved in LEVER

Ronald Young. Ron is the founder and Chief Executive of Knowledge Associates Ltd. He is a consultant, educator, writer and speaker, and regularly presents Knowledge Management conferences, seminars and workshops around the world. He chaired the first European Knowledge Management Conference organised by Business Intelligence in March 1996. He has published several articles and papers and is co-author of the book Upside Down Management published by McGraw Hill and Knowledge Management, the leading-edge research findings presented in his seminars and workshops. He is a visiting lecturer to Cranfield Business School and City University Business School, for their 'Business Growth', 'Growing the Team' and 'Knowledge Management' programmes. He designed Knowledger, a Web enabled Lotus Notes suite of Knowledge Management software, which became a finalist for the Lotus Beacon Awards; Best Internet Solution '97.

John Lorriman. John has international experience as a training consultant, public speaker and writer. He has worked and lectured in Norway, Hong Kong, Turkey, Japan, Germany, the USA, Russia, Belarus, China, Finland, Austria, Greece, Italy, Malaysia and Syria. He has published the following books: 'Japan's Winning Margins - Management, Training and Education' (1994), 'Upside Down Management - Revolutionizing management and development to maximize business success' (1996), 'Continuing Professional Development - a practical approach' (1997). He is author of The Engineering Council's 'Continuing Professional Development - the Practical Guide to Good Practice', of which over 50,000 copies have been requested from around the world. He is Chairman of the Professional Development Working Group of the International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (the world umbrella body for CEE).