About Us

Unleash the Awesomeness within Your Organization: Partnering for Human-Focused Leadership and Sustainable Success

We believe thriving organizations are built on strong foundations of people-positivity, Ubuntu principles, and collaborative leadership.

At KnolShare (Knowledge Share), we aim to partner with you in your journey toward organizational excellence. By focusing on leadership, adaptability, and customer value, we can help you achieve your level of awesomeness. We envision a world where human-centered organizations are the norm, thriving teams achieve awesomeness, and leaders inspire through genuine connection and empowerment. We partner with leaders and teams to co-create a space for individual and collective growth, unleashing the potential for sustainable success.

We believe in a personalized approach to coaching and training. We work with you to help you identify your unique challenges and develop customized solutions that meet your needs. Our experienced coaches and trainers have a proven track record of helping executives and organizations achieve their goals, and we're confident that we can help you achieve yours, too.

We help you strive to empower leaders and their teams, guiding them towards achieving their highest potential - awesomeness - by consistently delivering value to customers and stakeholders. Our commitment to your success is reflected in our comprehensive range of services, each designed to meet your organization's unique needs and challenges.

Our agile courses and coaching help you enrich your current capabilities. We provide the tools to generate innovation and solve personal and business problems. When you master lean and design thinking and agility, you will achieve value delivery goals from concept to cash!

How We Help You Get There:

Cultivate Ubuntu: Embed humanity, respect, and collaborative spirit into your organizational DNA through our Ubuntu principles and values workshops.
Unlock Potential: Empower individuals and teams through personalized coaching that fosters self-awareness, resilience, and leadership skills.
Thrive Together: Join our Generative Leadership To Thrive Cohort or Master Class to learn the art of adaptive leadership, collaborative problem-solving, and building high-performing teams.
Master Adaptive Practice: Implement Generative Adaptive Practice (GAP), our proven framework for fostering continuous learning, innovation, and agility.
Embrace Adaptive Ways of Working: Equip your teams with the tools and techniques to flourish in uncertain environments and navigate complex challenges.
Boost Flow and Productivity: Increase value stream efficiency and design thinking skills through our flow-focused training programs.
Empower through Learning: Choose from our diverse range of certified and non-certified training programs to upskill your workforce and accelerate growth.

Coaching

Our executive and organization coaching program is based on the International Coaching Federation's (ICF's) standards and principles of Generative Leadership. We focus on partnering with you to create a leadership environment that fosters creativity, innovation, and high performance. We assist in developing high-performing teams, ensuring your organization functions optimally and achieves its strategic objectives. By prioritizing self-awareness and personal growth, we equip you and your team with the skills and insights needed to enhance productivity, enabling your organization to reach new levels of success.

We offer expert coaching and training services to help executives and organizations achieve their goals and improve agility in today's fast-paced business environment. Our experienced coaches and trainers work with you to identify your unique challenges and develop customized solutions that meet your needs.

Executive Coaching

Our executive coaching services are designed to help you achieve your professional and personal goals, improve your leadership skills, and overcome any challenges that may be holding you back. We provide one-on-one coaching sessions that focus on your individual needs and goals, and we work with you to develop an actionable plan that will help you achieve success.

Organization Coaching

Our organization coaching services are designed to help teams and organizations work more effectively together. We work with you to identify areas for improvement and develop customized solutions that address your unique challenges. Our coaching sessions focus on teamwork, communication, and collaboration, helping to build stronger, more effective teams.

DEIBH Coaching

In today's increasingly interconnected and diverse world, fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and healing (DEIBH) within organizations and systems is vital for success and resilience. This presentation will provide an overview of the groundbreaking course, "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Healing (DEIBH) in the Human Enterprise," which aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to champion DEIBH initiatives in their organizations and communities.

Immersive Learning and Exploration

We recognize the importance of adaptability in today’s fast-paced business environment. Our immersive learning sessions are designed to equip teams with adaptive ways of working, enabling them to respond swiftly and effectively to changing circumstances and customer needs. Through experiential learning, we ensure your team understands new practices and can apply them in real-world scenarios. Our areas of expertise extend to Adaptive (Lean-Agile) ways of working, Lean Portfolio Management, Product Management, and Design Thinking.

Adaptive ways of working

Our business agility training services are designed to help organizations adapt to changing business environments and stay competitive. We provide expert training in agile methodologies and practices, helping your team to become more responsive, efficient, and effective. Our training sessions are tailored to your specific needs and can be delivered on-site or virtually. Key to adaptive mindset and ways of working is enabled by Kanban, Scrum, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices.

Design Thinking

Incorporating Design Thinking, we facilitate a creative and human-centered approach to problem-solving, fostering innovation, and encouraging a deeper understanding of your customers. We guide you in leveraging this empathetic and iterative approach to enhance your product offerings and improve customer experiences. We center our approach based on the IDEO design thinking practices to increase human centered design and innovations.

Lean Portfolio Management

We believe in the power of Lean principles to optimize value delivery, reduce waste, and increase organizational agility. We guide you in harnessing these principles to create a streamlined and effective portfolio management strategy through the SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) practice.

What People are Saying?

Coaching Teams to Align on Challenged Areas

PetSmart contracted with Dr. Dave Cornelius as an Agile coach and trainer, and he trained over 200 team members in the SAFe and Scrum frameworks. He coached across all levels of the organization. Dr. Dave led several cross-functional workshops, coaching teams to align on challenged areas and develop working agreements for increased collaboration. -- Amber, IT Portfolio Director, Commerce & Customer Engagement

Helping Facilitate Growth for Individuals and Teams

Dr. Cornelius is also good at helping facilitate growth for individuals and a group. I and one of my peers, Chris Shipman, were nominated to be Product Owners for a new workstream. He was able to help guide and mentor us to lead the team effectively and helped Chris and me grow in this new role. He is an expert in his field, and I felt he did a great job of building trust and confidence with both Chris and I and the team. – Heyder, VP of Global Infrastructure Services, ITS

Bringing Focus and Clarity for a Team to Deliver Value

Dr. Cornelius has a fantastic ability to quickly bring focus and clarity to the work for a team to deliver. His application of Lean Thinking, Human Centered Design, and Agile delivery practices enabled my team to define personas journey maps and apply Agile methods like Scrum and Kanban (Scrumban) to make work visible and reduce ambiguity. – Keith, CIO

On-Demand Courses

Do you want to know how you can get started with KnolShare? The journey begins with your choice of one of our online courses or face-to-face training, blended with agile coaching so that you can become a leader of teams or a contributor to teams. In our courses, thought leaders offer insights into technology, agility, innovation, and many other topics that help you make informed decisions.

You can access our learning experiences at your leisure, anytime, and anywhere through mobile devices and computers. The courses provided on our site also qualify for the Scrum Alliance and Project Management Institute (PMI) continuing education credits. You can claim PMI professional development units (PDUs) and Scrum Alliance Scrum Educational Units (SEUs) from our interactive learning experiences.

Learn more about PDUs and SEUs by visiting Scrum Alliance - Ways to earn SEUs and Project Management Institute - Ways to earn PDUs websites – and if you want to learn more about the benefits of Agile training, contact Dr. Dave.

Read Our Published Articles on Forbes.com

Generative Agile Leadership: What The Fourth Industrial Revolution Needs How To Integrate AI Into Your Coaching Create A Visioning Journey Map To Help Your Organization Thrive Assign Business Value To Your Program Increment Objectives It’s Time For Business Leaders To Address Healing—The Missing Piece Of The DEIB Puzzle

Generative Agile Leadership: What The Fourth Industrial Revolution Needs

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) revolves around AI, machine learning, and robotics. Given this era's volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) nature, generative and human-centered leadership is essential. With four generations working simultaneously, distinct leadership styles cater to each. Generative leadership, defined as leading with the head, heart, and hands, is recommended for this multi-generational workforce. Read The Full Article on Forbes.com.

How To Integrate AI Into Your Coaching

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming prevalent in various industries, including organizational coaching. Geoffrey Hinton, a key figure in deep learning, has expressed concerns about AI misuse, but the author believes AI can still bring considerable benefits to coaching. Read The Full Article on Forbes.com.

Potential applications include:

Coaching Relationship Agreement: AI can transcribe initial interactions between coach and client. This transcript is then analyzed by another AI tool to generate contextual questions and metaphors, assisting the coach in guiding the client.
Coaching Session Reflection: AI can offer feedback between sessions, providing the client insights when the coach is unavailable.
Post-Coaching Follow-Up: AI can play a role in maintaining the relationship by offering personalized resources based on past sessions and securely storing client data.

Create A Visioning Journey Map To Help Your Organization Thrive

Leaders who need a clear vision face challenges such as misdirection, reduced motivation, difficulty in decision-making, poor resource allocation, inability to adapt to change, and challenges in attracting and retaining talent. A well-articulated vision boosts motivation, facilitates strategic decisions, and aids in identifying and responding to external opportunities and threats. Visualizing a vision and creating a journey map can guide leaders and their teams, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. For effective vision implementation, leaders should utilize metrics such as Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), customer satisfaction ratings, employee engagement scores, and changes in market share. A successful leader will articulate and engage stakeholders in the vision process, visualize their journey map, share it with the organization, and update it regularly, ensuring clear communication and maintaining alignment.

Read The Full Article on Forbes.com

Assign Business Value To Your Program Increment Objectives

The article discusses the importance of assigning a business value (BV) in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) during program increment (PI) planning. This practice helps align business owners (BOs) with value delivery teams. Assigning BV allows for dialogue between teams and stakeholders, allowing for a better understanding of business objectives. The scale used for BV assignment ranges from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). Read the Full Article on Forbes.com.

It’s Time For Business Leaders To Address Healing—The Missing Piece Of The DEIB Puzzle

The business world has progressed in understanding and implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and recently, the concept of "Belonging" has been emphasized. The article suggests that "healing" should be the next foundational element to be added to the DEI conversation. The inception of the DEI movement began in the 1960s, followed by the goal of inclusion in the 1980s and the concept of equity more recently. "Belonging" propels the idea of inclusion, allowing all employees to be completely authentic at work. Particularly for historically marginalized groups, healing is essential to foster true belonging. The interconnectedness of individual well-being, especially in shared spaces like workplaces, means the emotional and psychological wounds of one affect all. Read the Full Article on Forbes.com.

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