Chris Collison

Current

Owner and Director at Knowledgeable Ltd.

Past

Group Director, Change and Knowledge Management at Centrica
Director, Change Management & Finance Strategy at Centrica
Senior Consultant, Organisational Capability and Knowledge Management at BP

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Education

University of Exeter

Recommended

7 people have recommended Chris

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Chris Collison’s Summary

Chris is an independent management consultant and is director and owner of Knowledgeable Ltd.

He joined BP in 1989, occupying a series of positions in Research, IT and Organisational Development. In the late '90's he worked as part of their acclaimed knowledge management team – a team accredited with generating over $200m of value through pioneering and embedding knowledge management across the company, during one of the world's largest industrial mergers.

As part of BP's Organisational Capability team, Chris led the company's efforts on "knowledge-enabling systems", and carried out in-depth research into Innovation. During this time, he co-authored the business bestseller "Learning to Fly" which has now become a standard work in the field of knowledge management, updated in 2004 with stories from ten other leading and learning organisations.

In 2001, Chris joined Centrica, taking up the role of Director of Finance Strategy and Change Management, leading the roll-out of a new functional strategy, and developing the international finance organisation across all of Centrica's businesses. Moving from Finance to Human Resources, he became Director of Change and Knowledge Management for two years, building capability across Centrica’s leadership team.

As an independent consultant, Chris’s clients include Orange, Shell, Oracle, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, ConocoPhillips, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Schlumberger, Carphone Warehouse, Nationwide, HM Revenue & Customs, HM Treasury, NHS and the Department of Health.

Chris is an editorial board member of a number of journals and professional KM publications, and a sought-after public and in-company conference speaker. He was an advisor to the British Government’s LEARN network, is an associate at Henley Management College and Cranfield Business School, and is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.

Chris Collison’s Specialties:

Knowledge management, Change management, Organisational Development.

Chris Collison’s Experience

Owner and Director

Knowledgeable Ltd.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

http://www.knowledgeableltd.com
Group Director, Change and Knowledge Management

Centrica

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CNA; Consumer Services industry)

January 2003 — April 2005 (2 years 4 months)
Director, Change Management & Finance Strategy

Centrica

(Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

September 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Senior Consultant, Organisational Capability and Knowledge Management

BP

(Public Company; BP; Oil & Energy industry)

September 1999 — September 2001 (2 years 1 month)