About me

Phone: +44 (0)1747 841216

Email: geoff.parcell@practicalkm.com

About Me - Geoff Parcell

I am a business coach, facilitator and motivational speaker. I describe myself as a master practitioner of knowledge management as my focus is on using the techniques to deliver objectives.

I am also an author of “Learning to Fly” and “No More Consultants” "Learning to Fly" is a best selling practical book on Knowledge Management. It introduces the concept of self assessment applied to knowledge management - knowledge based benchmarking if you like. “No More Consultants” questions when and why to bring in consultants to help deliver your organisations objectives. I am passionate about learning through sharing experiences and learning together.

I am also a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

My Background

I now work with a variety of organisations - manufacturing, transport, government, UN agencies, Foundations and not-for-profit - to help create an environment where knowledge is exchanged freely. These organisations want to build their capability to learn and share with each other to improve their performance. Typically I have introduced them to approaches which will help them build their capacity to get knowledge to the point of application.

Alongside my work in the business sector, I am a coach in the non-profit organisation "The Constellation for AIDS Competence" continuing my commitment to create a world where AIDS Competence spreads faster than the virus by stimulating and connecting local responses. The Constellation continues to grow and make an impact.

In the United Nations

In 2003 I was seconded to UNAIDS, the agency responsible for coordinating the United Nations response to the AIDS epidemic, based in Geneva. The UN wanted to learn how to make global networks work. I helped create a “social vaccine” which spreads faster than the HIV virus. The AIDS Competence programme is about appreciating and revealing local capacity to tackle a local problem. By building on their strengths, communities, cities and organisations create a social transformation, where people are seen as the subjects of their own development rather than as the objects of institutional intervention. Have a look at the AIDS Competence website to find out more about the work that is being done and how the approach is spreading globally.

In BP

As a Senior Advisor for Knowledge Management I guided BP's knowledge management activities especially in the area of innovation, networking, peer assists and capturing knowledge to be reused by others elsewhere. I was part of BP’s Organisational Capability team, making the company more than the sum of the individual parts, encouraging dialogue across organisational and functional boundaries, and developing processes to improve and sustain the capability of organisation. I coached and facilitated teams to achieve breakthrough outcomes. I was also a founder member of BP's knowledge management team, helping create an environment where good practices and lessons learned were shared across the globe.

I helped build and grow an environment that supports innovation, sharing and spreading innovative practices throughout the company by developing an innovation intranet portal, building an understanding of how to move from good ideas to implementing them at scale. I captured stories of innovation to be used as a resource in leadership programmes, align the technology award process to include innovation & knowledge sharing criteria and develop a network of innovation champions.

After the secondment to the UN I returned to BP’s Corporate Social Responsibility team to bring the learning from the secondment back into BP. This included developing a global policy on BP's response to HIV and AIDS and getting projects to share their practices.

Phone: +44 (0)1747 841216

Email: geoff.parcell@practicalkm.com