Partner at Interactive Knowledge Solutions
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- Partner at Interactive Knowledge Solutions
- Past
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- 2nd Vice President, Knowledge Management at Travelers
- AVP Knowledge Management at St. Paul Companies
- Director, Knowledge Management at West Group, Thomson Legal & Regulatory Group
- Education
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- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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Erick Thompson’s Summary
Dr. Erick Thompson is a co-founder and partner of Interactive Knowledge Solutions LLC.
This company provides simple, smart and sustainable collaboration and knowledge management tools, processes, methods and strategies to help get work done. Current focus has been helping multinationals leverage existing tool sets with practical processes and interjecting Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 methods where is makes sense. Building online support communities is especially hot these days as companies want to dramatically reduce costs by using what they already have while helping their workgroups and project teams work more effectively in a virtual environment.
Prior to Interactive Knowledge Solutions, Dr. Thompson was 2nd Vice President, Enterprise Knowledge Management for Travelers Insurance and St. Paul Companies. Prior still, Dr. Thompson established and led 3M’s Knowledge Transfer initiative headquartered in St. Paul, Minn.
It is Dr. Thompson's desire to bring his experiences of deploying collaboration and knowledge management solutions in pragmatic business contexts to bear for organizations that want to quickly use the brainpower of their firms to create a competitive advantage.
Dr. Thompson is the co-founder and past president of the Twin Cities Knowledge Management Forum. He is a member of several conference-planning committees, including BRAINTRUST Knowledge Management conference. He is a founding member of CPSquare Knowledge Management consortium, executive committee member and past chair of the Conference Board’s Learning and Knowledge Management Council and presently executive committee member and the membership chair of the Knowledge Leadership Forum, a leading peer group of KM pioneers.
Erick Thompson’s Specialties:
Knowledge Management strategies, collaboration solutions, virtual collaboration solutions, online communities, Web 2.0 solutions, Enterprise 2.0 solutions, Open Source solutions.
Erick Thompson’s Experience
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Partner
Interactive Knowledge Solutions
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
The focus for the firm and this position is to help companies create successful Knowledge Management strategies along with virtual collaboration systems designed to help knowledge sharing, capture customer insight and accelerate business growth .
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2nd Vice President, Knowledge Management
Travelers
(Management Consulting industry)
May 2000 — 2008 (8 years)
In Dr. Erick Thompson's role as vice president, Enterprise Knowledge Management for The Travelers Companies. He was responsible for creating and implementing an enterprise-wide Knowledge Management strategy for company, focusing on business operations and innovation.
The Travelers Companies is a Fortune 85 global financial services company, specializing commercial property-casualty insurance, personal property-casualty insurance and asset management services with over 33,000 employees, annual revenues exceeding $24 billion dollars and total assets of $113 billion. -
AVP Knowledge Management
St. Paul Companies
(Public Company; Financial Services industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
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Director, Knowledge Management
West Group, Thomson Legal & Regulatory Group
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Legal Services industry)
June 1999 — April 2000 (11 months)
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Knowledge Transfer Manager
3M
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mmm; Consumer Goods industry)
1996 — May 1999 (3 years)
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Business Team Leader
3M
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mmm; Medical Devices industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
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Professional Services Specialist
3M
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mmm; Medical Devices industry)
1989 — 1994 (5 years)
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Practicing Veterinarian
Self-owned business (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Veterinary industry)
1982 — 1989 (7 years)
Erick Thompson’s Education
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine , Veterinary Medicine , 1978 — 1982
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Kappa Phi
Additional Information
Erick Thompson’s Websites:
Erick Thompson’s Groups:
Knowledge Leadership Forum (KLF), Twin Cities Knowledge Management Forum (TCKMF), BRAINTRUST Knowledge Management Advisory Board
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Social Capital Collective -
SharePoint Users (4000 members) -
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CKO (Chief Knowledge Officers) Forum -
LinkedMinnesota -
Travelers Companies, Inc. -
Enterprise 2.0 professionals -
Lotus Notes/Domino Technologies -
Knowledge Managers -
3M - Current And Former Employees -
SupportCentral -
The Braintrust: Knowledge Management Group -
Twin Cities Knowledge Management Forum (TCKMF) -
Knowledge Leadership Forum (KLF) -
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MNSPUG - Minnesota SharePoint User Group
Erick Thompson’s Honors:
- 3M’s Technical Circle of Excellence Award for work in innovative product applications.
- American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) Best Practice Partner award winner for Virtual Collaboration: Enabling Project Teams and Communities, 2004
- Co-founder of the Twin Cities Knowledge Management Forum
- Appointed to the Executive Committee of the Conference Board’s Learning and Knowledge Management Council.Served as member chair, program chair, vice chair and chair.
- Co-founder and chair of The Knowledge Leadership Forum (KLF), a leading international Fortune 100 peer group
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