Richard Hare

Current

Board Member at in situ: (Self-employed)
Knowledge Management, Communication and Collaboration consultant at BAT
Knowledge Management, Communication and Collaboration consultant at British American Tobacco

Owner at Flare Consulting Limited

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Past

Lotus Notes Development Support Manager at Equant
Lotus Notes Application Development consultant at British American Tobacco (BAT)
Internal Systems Manager at MSW

Internal Systems Manager at MSW Technology
Computer Administrator at Chelsea Physic Garden
Campaign Coordinator at International Radio Promotions
Support Technician at Department of Health and Social Services

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Education

London South Bank University
West Hatch High School

Connections

179 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

My Blog

Richard Hare’s Summary

Specialist in Knowledge Management, communication and collaboration.

Using social media tools to connect peers within organisations to form communities of practice and encourage innovation.

Currently involved with intranet design, blogging and social networking projects.

Richard Hare’s Specialties:

Knowledge Management, social media, blogging, communities of practice, collaboration, innovation, Deep Dive, facilitation, communications, narrative, storytelling, case studies, workshops, coaching, intranet, social networks

Richard Hare’s Experience

Board Member
in situ: (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Entertainment industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

Responsible for the group's website and on-line comunications
Knowledge Management, Communication and Collaboration consultant

BAT

(Public Company; BAT; Tobacco industry)

August 2002 — Present (7 years 4 months)

Work with the global Knowledge Management team setting KM and intranet strategy.

Design and facilitate workshops for communities, innovation and knowledge management.

Responsible for introducing the group's social networking tool, Connect.
Knowledge Management, Communication and Collaboration consultant

British American Tobacco

(Public Company; BAT; Tobacco industry)

August 2002 — Present (7 years 4 months)

Work with the global Knowledge Management team setting KM and intranet strategy.

Design and facilitate workshops for communities, innovation and knowledge management.

Responsible for introducing the group's social networking tool, Connect.
Owner

Flare Consulting Limited

(Management Consulting industry)

November 1997 — Present (12 years 1 month)

Independent consultant in Knowledge Management, Communication and Collaboration.

Accredited Cognitive Edge practitioner.
Lotus Notes Development Support Manager

Equant

(Public Company; ENT; Telecommunications industry)

August 1998 — February 2002 (3 years 7 months)

Managed the team which provided end user support for British American Tobacco's Lotus Notes applications
Lotus Notes Application Development consultant

British American Tobacco (BAT)

(Public Company; BAT; Tobacco industry)

November 1997 — August 1998 (10 months)

Responsible for checking British American Tobacco's Lotus Notes applications for millennium compliance and suitability for upgrading to Lotus Notes R3.
Internal Systems Manager

MSW

(Management Consulting industry)

November 1994 — October 1997 (3 years )

Worked as a consultant to the Ministry of Defence during my time with this HR software consultancy
Internal Systems Manager

MSW Technology

(Computer Software industry)

November 1994 — October 1997 (3 years )

Worked as a consultant and a support engineer to the Ministry of Defence during my time with this HR software consultancy
Computer Administrator

Chelsea Physic Garden

(Museums and Institutions industry)

November 1993 — December 1994 (1 year 2 months)

Developed the garden's seed and plantings database and trained the staff on the garden's computers
Campaign Coordinator

International Radio Promotions

(Music industry)

August 1990 — April 1993 (2 years 9 months)

Managed DJ lists and devised plugging campaigns for artists such as Big Audio Dynamite, Apachi Indian, Omar
Support Technician

Department of Health and Social Services

(Public Policy industry)

July 1988 — July 1989 (1 year 1 month)

Worked for the Economic Adviser's Office, supporting a team of economists providing answers to Parliamentary Questions.

Richard Hare’s Education

London South Bank University

BSc (Hons) , Computing Science , 1986 — 1990

My industrial year was spent at DHSS Economic Advisers' Office
West Hatch High School