User:KMAdvisor

KMAdvisor is the ID that I use for general, non-commercial activities. I have professional and academic interests in domains related to Knowledge Resource Management (KRM), coined by Robert Tornack and myself in papers presented in 2006 at the KM in Asia Conference in hong Kong, and also in our paper, cited below.

Additionally, as explained in the Update 2024 below, I am a volunteer Co-Lead of a multi-year adaptation of the Dutch urban development model known as the Woonerf. I will introduce that urban development initiative shortly with an article. Unlike the traditional Woonerf, this adaptation extends for multiple blocks and stands as a testament to the viability of the concept beyond its origins in Delft.

KRM integrates the fields of organizational development and records management with application in technology enabled environments. It balances the interests of risk and compliance management with those related to organizational and human capacity and innovation. We see KRM, and RIM as fundamental to intellectual capital (IC) development and a ground for the evaluation of intangibles that represents an economic value for credit and related purposes. I should clarify that I do not personally find the economic lens on IC to be of paramount interest (though it is certainly what counts in gaining general support for the idea). My interest is more on how the elements come together to enable effective collaboration to achieve outcomes which are not necessarily a matter of economic viability.

Update 2024: Much has changed since my earlier intent to express and explore ideas through Wikipedia.

In the years since establishing this profile, I have returned to Canada to attend to family matters, necessitating a shift in focus to handle management of our housing interests. Through board service and a role as co-lead of the Oaklands Rise Woonerf, I continue to draw upon KRM & IC to inform my professional and volunteer work. It has been gratifying to apply concepts developed for large organizations with international import to local, grassroots initiatives that bump up against urban development models.

Through Garden Oaks Fine Accommodation, I have also taken up projects that give free rein to first love, architectural design.

I am consolidating various interests into an online vocal point under the IRM Strategies banner, shifting from Information Resource Management to Insight, Rigour and Meaning as guiding principles that have been consistent throughout my career.