| Larry Todd Wilson | |
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Envision a way of life in which everyone can
access and share individualized know-how for personal and corporate gain.
In order to accomplish this, there is work to be done to accelerate the transformation of human knowledge into performance media. Establish corporate memory and the systemization of knowledge harvesting. |
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Larry Todd Wilson is the Founder of r5d, a holding company with four brands: LearnerFirst (1992), Knowledge Harvesting (1999), Knowledge Reserve (2003), and Virtual Collaboration (2003). Knowledge Harvesting is a research and development firm that serves consultants and knowledge management practitioners. Knowledge Harvesting is a mature methodology for rapidly converting top-performer expertise into knowledge assets that improve the organization’s performance. User organizations are protected from knowledge degradation resulting from personnel losses, employee defections, and unavailability of needed experts at the right time and place. These knowledge assets also contribute to corporate competitiveness, profitability and valuation. LearnerFirst is focused on the dynamics of individual learning and was the first-to-market with commercial software that captured implicit, intuitive knowledge of top performers as “learning-while-doing” software programs that are available on-demand via the Internet. Wilson's capability comes from a unique confluence of learning theory, problem-solving methodology, visual-arts communications, and software engineering. He delivers a rare result – tangible knowledge assets. Current Service (Winter 2003) includes: Acting Director of Knowledge Management & Agora Team Leader, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - and Consultant, Centre European pour le Développement de la Formation Professionnelle. Since 1992, Wilson has led over 3,200 Knowledge Harvesting sessions in which experts and teams articulated implicit knowledge. Information was subsequently organized and packaged as knowledge assets. He has produced 18 commercial learning software programs which are used in over 4,000 customer companies. One program was a finalist (3 out of 900+ candidates) for a 1999 Codie Award (Best Application Development Program). Wilson has managed 40 client relationships related to creating corporate knowledge assets. In 1998, one project was awarded “Most Innovative Application of Knowledge Management” by the Delphi Group. Typically, client projects are related to strategic issues of knowledge architecture, knowledge capture and reuse, integral thinking, or product research and development. Recent clients: F. Hoffman La Roche, 1999. BP Amoco, 1998. Buckman Laboratories, 1998-1999. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1999-2001. Steelcase, 1998. PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1998-1999. Arthur Andersen, 2000-2001. Institute for Electronics & Electrical Engineers, 2000-2002. Clarica Life Insurance Company, 2001. The Dow Chemical Company, 2001-2002. Intel Corporation, 2001. INSEAD Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001-2002. SAIC Strategies Group, 2002. He has designed, organized and led Knowledge Harvesting Workshops for over 70 knowledge management professionals, launched 40 virtual communities and captured how-to guidance about effective virtual collaboration practices, conceived and formalized inventions, principles and practices related to managing implicit knowledge. Inventions are currently the basis of utility patent applications. Wilson has authored 36 articles and 7 book chapters; delivered 29 conference presentations as well as maintaining several fellowships, such as: Research Fellow, INSEAD/European Institute of Business Administration: Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies; Fellow for New Products/Services, Entovation International; and Faculty Associate, Banff Executive Leadership. |
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