Frank Lekanne Deprez is part-time associate professor “Knowledge Organizations and Knowledge Management” at the Universities of Professional Education Zuyd, Heerlen, The Netherlands, senior lecturer "Human Resources Management" at Nyenrode University, The Netherlands and is director of ZeroSpace Advies, Amstelveen, The Netherlands. He advises national and international organizations on human resources management, knowledge management, knowledge innovation, knowledge productivity, knowledge valuation and the knowledge economy. His passion is helping organizations target and apply knowledge when and where it is really needed. At ZeroSpace Advies, we believe that most of the problem and all of the solution ultimately depends on people. ZeroSpace Advies focuses on integrating Human Resources Management, Knowledge Management and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to support organizations – and their people - not only to “get better” but also to “get different” and create astonishing results.
Before starting his own company in 2003, Frank Lekanne Deprez was a research associate at University of Tilburg, The Netherlands and held management and functional positions at Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM). From 1995 to 1997, he was manager of market and product development at Galileo Nederland, Ltd. During the period 1997 - 2003, he was manager at KPMG Knowledge Advisory Services where he consulted with and provided executive training and education for a number of international organizations. He was one of the three founding members of KPMG’s Knowledge Management Consulting unit.
His current research interests include (strategic) human resources management, knowledge management, knowledge innovation, knowledge productivity, knowledge economy, knowledge catastrophes and knowledge valuation. Frank Lekanne Deprez is co-author of Value-Based Knowledge Management (1998) and The Knowledge Dividend (2000), Zero Space. Moving Beyond Organizational Limits (2002) and The Future of Management. On the Value of Managers in Modern Organizations (2006, In Dutch). For a complete list of publications, please visit www.zerospaceadvies.nl (UK version).
Publications of Frank Lekanne Deprez