Beyond-Railway Reference Projects
Worked as a consultant at CommunityIntelligence Ltd, a specialist firm focused on helping organisations build and sustain Communities of Practice (CoP). Supported global clients across multiple industries to design collaborative knowledge structures, facilitate practitioner networks, and embed continuous learning into complex organisations.
Active participant and facilitator in the European Collaborative Community of Practice — a pan-European network for knowledge management practitioners spanning multiple countries and sectors. Contributed to the development of CoP frameworks, shared practice, and European exchange on organisational learning and knowledge systems over a sustained seven-year period.
Collaborative research engagement with the University of Queensland exploring the design and effectiveness of Communities of Practice in large organisations. Contributed applied practitioner knowledge to academic research on organisational learning, knowledge creation, and the conditions under which practice-based communities flourish.
Supported British American Tobacco in establishing global Communities of Practice to connect knowledge workers and operational teams across countries and functions. The programme aimed to break down organisational silos, accelerate best-practice sharing, and strengthen the learning culture within a highly distributed multinational enterprise.
Worked with Rio Tinto to design and facilitate Communities of Practice for operational knowledge sharing across global mining sites. Focused on connecting expert practitioners across geographically dispersed operations, capturing tacit knowledge critical to safe and efficient site management, and building the collaborative infrastructure needed to sustain organisational learning at scale.
Supported Ecopetrol, Colombia's national oil and gas company, in developing a Communities of Practice programme to capture and transfer critical operational and engineering knowledge across the organisation. The project addressed knowledge retention risks and the need to connect experienced practitioners with newer generations of engineers in a technically complex, safety-critical environment.
Engaged with P&O Nedlloyd — at the time one of the world's largest container shipping companies — to support knowledge management initiatives within a complex, globally distributed operation. Helped design practitioner networks and collaborative processes to enable effective knowledge sharing across port operations, routing, and commercial functions spread across continents.
Early career role at AltaVista during the formative years of the public internet. Gained direct exposure to the dynamics of fast-moving technology organisations, the challenges of managing knowledge in rapidly scaling environments, and the organisational learning questions that arise when a company's core product is itself a knowledge retrieval system.