Because You Need to Know® – Details, episodes & analysis

Sven Rinke is based in Vienna, Austria, and is passionate about cultivating learning cultures, driving digital transformation, and fostering collaborative environments that empower professionals to excel and innovate. Sven holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Duke University and is currently the Director of Knowledge Management & Learning Strategy at SimCorp, a global fintech company headquartered in Denmark, where he also serves as an Employee-elected member of the Board of Directors. His approach to KM and Learning is characterized by a deep belief in the power of shared knowledge, social learning, and collaborative innovation for driving organizational success. His vision for the future of knowledge management is one where technology, strategy, and human insight come together to create dynamic, resilient organizations equipped to navigate the complexities of the modern business and non-profit landscape.

Laura Pike Seeley, MLIS is a knowledge and organizational development professional with over fifteen years of experience in library and knowledge services. She currently serves as Knowledge Program Manager at HKS, Inc., a leading global architecture firm headquartered in Dallas. In this role, Laura helps guide the firm’s knowledge strategy by championing knowledge building and sharing, information organization and findability, and employee experience within the digital workplace. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Laura earned her Master of Library and Information Science (MS) and Master of Arts in History (MA) from Simmons College in Boston. Her interest in the digital workplace follows naturally from her background in corporate library services, where effective outreach and communications, information and resource organization, and a constant focus on the user experience were key drivers of success. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and two sons.

Jamie Muskopf, D.S.W. (she/her/'o ia) enjoys a career in knowledge and information strategy that often traverses less conventional paths. Dr. Muskopf has more than 20 years of executive leadership and consulting experience in the fields of technology and knowledge strategy and is currently the Director of Technical Assistance, Learning, and Knowledge Management at Lux Consulting Group. In 2020 she earned a Doctor of Social Work, studying Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and holds Master of Science degrees in Information and Knowledge Strategy from Columbia University and Information Systems from Hawai’i Pacific University. She enthusiastically brings the Science of Social Work into how she teaches and applies the principles of knowledge strategy and has worked with organizations like Nike, Microsoft, the USDA, the United States Navy, and Department of Defense. Dr. Muskopf is proud to be Native Hawaiian and an active-duty Navy submarine officer’s spouse and serves as a subject matter expert for The Rosie Network's Service to CEO program for military spouses and veterans. She is President of the Board of Directors for Ho’ola Veteran Services (Ho’ola Farms) and She is trained in Building Resilience through Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Education, is certified in Adult Mental Health First Aid in the US and is an ETS Sponsor trained to assist individuals transitioning out of military service. Dr. Muskopf is a Certified Facilitator of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method which she uses to help students and clients share tacit knowledge in 3D.

BYNTK with Ivan Butina Ivan encountered KM in 2013, when he used his community building and communication background on a World Bank Group (WBG) project aimed at improving knowledge sharing. For a year he only flirted with KM, committing to it fully in 2014. At the WBG Ivan focused mostly on community management and communities of practice (CoPs). He created and led the organization's first community management training, the CoP program, and the first centralized community management team. Because of his passion for community building, in 2018 he took Harvard's Leadership, Organizing and Action course on community organizing. He introduced some of its key concepts to the WBG's KM community and CoP program just before leaving the organization. He joined UNICEF in December 2018. Here he has been coordinating the development and now implementation of the organization's first global KM strategy and has been using some community organizing in doing so. Ivan holds a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). 

For 20 years Arshad Ahmed has been deeply involved in KM and learning in the areas of professional services, financial services, legal, the third sector and most recently oil and gas in the Middle East. Arshad is the founder of Intoto, a Knowledge consultancy focused on Knowledge and Information Management.

Santhosh Shekar has worked with a wide spectrum of industry segments implementing knowledge management programs using various technologies and practices. He has also created a niche in leading KM standardization right from scratch to achieving multiple KM Programs executed in multiple companies. Furthermore, he has worked extensively on ISO 9001 organizational knowledge, AutoSPICE KM, and MIKE requirements in organizations. He has also served as an ISO 20000 internal auditor. Mr. Shekar is ITIL Foundation Certified; Certified Knowledge Manager from KM Institute, US; Member and Fellow of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, UK. Donning many hats, Santhosh has recently published his first book titled “Design Knowledge management System” which will be a practical implementation guide on the ISO KMS 30401 standard. https://www.linkedin.com/in/santhoshshekar https://twitter.com/santhoshshekar

Andrew Herd is the Senior Expert for Corporate Knowledge Management and lead of ESA Lessons Learnedof the European Space Agency – ESA. This is a fascinating inside view of how knowledge flow works and connects congruent with the lessons learned. Be sure to catch all three shows.

Andrew Herd is the Senior Expert for Corporate Knowledge Management and lead of ESA Lessons Learned of the European Space Agency – ESA. This is a fascinating inside view of how knowledge flow works and connects congruent with the lessons learned. Be sure to catch all three shows.

Andrew Herd is the Senior Expert for Corporate Knowledge Management and lead of ESA Lessons Learnedof the European Space Agency - ESA. This is a fascinating inside view of how knowledge flow works and connects congruent with the lessons learned. Be sure to catch all three shows.

Carolyn shares a great perspective and analysis tool to help teams understand more of the work dynamics. Performance is not the only indicator. Carolyn lets us in on contentment or happiness of the work force. ________________________ CEO of Eledecks and Project lead on Shine, a guided feedback loop for agile teams. Happiest when using my T shape profile to translate strategic opportunities into aligned objectives and key results within the HR domain. I have over 15 years experience in designing innovative HR Tech systems and am currently the project lead on an Innovate UK backed initiative called 'Shine' to measure Agility levels among distributed teams working in online collaborative environments in order to provide valuable, real time insights into agile team performance. I’m also a non-practicing barrister specializing in employment law and HR. Over my career to date, I’ve learned to take a holistic view of legal rules, business strategy, human nature and logic to provide commercially sound advice for hundreds of clients in the UK and abroad. ______________________ Edwin K. Morris is the president and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services which produces this educational program, Because You Need To Know. It is part of the mission to educate and bring awareness around knowledge management and nonprofit concerns. pioneer-ks.org/