Barry Byrne is a visionary in the field of Knowledge Management. As the Global Head of Knowledge Management Strategy at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, he has been instrumental in shaping the company’s approach to leveraging information for innovation and efficiency.

His journey to this role is marked by a distinguished tenure with the Irish Defence Forces, where he led an award-winning Knowledge Management program. Barry’s expertise and leadership culminated in the successful hosting of the first Knowledge Summit Dublin in June this year, a landmark event in the global Knowledge Management community.

Vanessa Liu is a powerhouse in the world of technology and innovation. With over 25 years of experience, she has a storied career as a serial founder, operator, strategist, and investor. Vanessa’s journey began at McKinsey & Company, spanning across continents from Amsterdam to New York. She later became the Vice President of SAP.iO North America, accelerating 87 enterprise software startups.

Today, as the CEO of Sugarwork, Vanessa is at the forefront of harnessing AI to capture and operationalize tacit knowledge, revolutionizing how companies preserve and utilize their intellectual capital.

In this episode we're giving you a special edition, with two of the many great participants from Knowledge Summit Dublin, earlier this month.

Dawn Brushammar and myself, Rebecka Isaksson, enjoyed a Fika with Stuart French, Executive Manager KM at Energy Safe Victoria (Melbourne Australia) and Gabriel Karawani Co-Founder & Director at ClearPeople Ltd. (London, UK).

We discussed what we found so energising and valuable at this one-of-a-kind and inaugural Knowledge Management conference!