Books (Knowledge Management)

"Losing Your Minds: Capturing, Retaining and Leveraging Organizational Knowledge", Ark Group in association with Inside Knowledge, London, 2010.

Losign Your Minds

"Getting Results: The Six Disciplines of Performance-Based Project Management," Chapter 3, Applying Knowledge Management to Improve Project Results, © CCH, 2008

Losing Your Minds

Books (Acquisition Management)

"Constructing Successful Business Relationships, Innovation in Contractual Incentives," Deputy Assistant Secretary (Procurement), U.S. Army, 2000; Research and Authorship, Bill Kaplan.

Constructing Successful Business Relationships, Innovation in Contractual Incentives

Selected Publications (Knowledge Management)


"Replacing Risk With Knowledge to Deliver Better Acquisition Outcomes", Defense AT&L:, Nov-Dec 2010.

"Inquiry vs. Inquisition," includes interview excerpts with Bill Kaplan, CKO Acquisition Solutions, Inc., Human Resource Executive Online, © 2009 LRP Publications

Waddayaknow? "Knowledge Management Can Be an Organization's Key To Survival," The Conference Board, Executive Action Series, No. 304, May 2009, by Tommy Peterson, includes interview excerpts with Bill Kaplan, CKO Acquisition Solutions, Inc.

Leveraging Our Critical Acquisition Knowledge: Addressing the Challenges of Workforce Attrition and Knowledge Loss, Defense AT&L, Jan-Feb 2008

"Creating Long-Term Value as Chief Knowledge Officer,"KM Review, Volume 10, Issue 4, September/October 2007

"Knowledge Capture, Transfer, and Reuse - Leveraging the Know-how and Know-why of Acquisition,"Contract Management Magazine, National Contract Management Association, April 2007<

"KM: From Concept to Theory to Practice - Knowledge Leadership at Acquisition Solutions, Inc.," VINE, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, June 2007 publication date

"Deploying A Knowledge Convergence Framework: Four key elements for building a performance learning culture,"KM Review, Jul-Aug 2006


Selected Publications (Acquisition Management)

"Understanding the Procurement Business Case, Striking a Balance Between Following the Rules and Thinking Through the Nature of the Deal," Program Manager, Defense Systems Management College, March-April 2000


Selected Presentations (Knowledge Management)

"Knowledge Retention is Everyone's Job: Making Knowledge Retention a Part of Everyday Business Processes and Activities." Ark Group Conference on Preventing Knowledge Collapse: Succession & Transition Planning Strategies for the Public Sector, San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2010

"Primer on Knowledge Management," NCMA World Congress, Ft .Lauderdale, FL, July 19, 2010

"Better Practice Transfer - Tools You Can Use Now,"NCMA World Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio, 14 April 2008.

"Managing the Risk of Knowledge Loss Due to Workforce Attrition: Retaining and Leveraging the Critical and Relevant Knowledge of the Workforce,"; NCMA World Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15 April 2008

"Managing the Risk of Knowledge Loss Due to Workforce Attrition: Retaining and Leveraging the Critical and Relevant Knowledge of the Procurement Workforce," National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), Annual Conference, Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO, 8 September 2008