1957 – Born in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
1979 – Graduated from Sunderland Polytechnic with an Ecology/Geology combined degree
1980 – Joined Customs & Excise Southend-on-Sea
1984 – Accreddited SSADM Systems Analyst
1985 – Developed, installed and supported the Gaming Machine Licensing Centre in Greenock
1987 – Joined Nature Conservancy Council
1990 – Transitioned to English Nature
1998 – Introduced to Dave Snowden then still at at IBM
2001 – First time public speaking at Marcus Evans KM Conference at Palace of Versailles
2003 – Accredited Cynefin Practitioner
2005 – First after dinner speech for International BAE Systems gathering in London
2005 – Began my training in TRIZ by Oxford Creativity
2006 – Transitioned into Natural England
2008 – Left Natural England to become freelance knowledge ecologist
2009 – Worked on Children of the World and Pfizer Sensemaker Projects with Narrate.
2008 – First attended the Geoff Mead Centre for Narrative Leadership gathering
2008 – First deep immersion with ‘Tales 2 Sustain’ storytelling community at Cae Mabon
2009 – Began teaching and consulting with Oxford Creativity
2013 – Completed EU FP7 SME-AERO Project with Argenta Nova
2013 – Accredited associate consultant with Ron Young and Knowledge Associates
2014 – Appeared on stage and told own story at StoryCollider event in London
2014 – Founded Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI) Institute with Cynthia, Harold & Aiden
2015 – Achieved TRIZ MATRIZ level 2 with Oxford Creativity
Your blog is beautiful, Ron. I found you while looking for just that: beautiful blogs to nominate for the One Lovely Blog award. Take a look, and kudos for your important work! http://teresayoung.com/2012/06/12/a-blog-award-nomination/
Thanks Teresa, much appreciated and just the kind of feedback to keep me going. I promise I will try and return the favour and do my own nominations when I get some spare time.
Cheers, Ron
Nice! And I hear you, Ron. The pace of modern life is WILD!
Congrats on establishing Ecology of Knowledge. A great connected step it is.
Thanks Harold, It is beginning to come together bit by bit.
Cheers, Ron