Laurence Knell
Director at Irish Management Institute
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Top SchoolLaurence Knell is a multidisciplinary director and innovation strategist with 13 years' experience helping organisations bridge creativity, leadership and people strategy. He leads Strategic Innovation Partners and co-founded Brain for Business, where he also hosts a podcast and authors work on why creativity matters, combining practical consultancy with academic teaching roles at Trinity, UCD and the Irish Management Institute. An experienced programme director and external examiner, he designs curricula and executive learning while advising on organisational change across public and private sectors. His background spans corporate operations at Microsoft and Maersk through senior consulting roles, giving him rare commercial breadth alongside doctoral-level research into innovation. Notably, he blends public-facing storytelling (keynotes, radio hosting and podcasting) with hands-on programme design, making complex behavioural science accessible to leaders.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Russian as a Foreign Language, Certificate in Russian as a Foreign Language at Дальневосточный Государственный УниверситетMISE, MISE at AP Moller/MaerskDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Trinity College DublinBrisbane Grammar SchoolMSc, MSc at Trinity College, DublinGraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate at The University of QueenslandRigas Anglu Gimnazija
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Github Skills (62)
docker10
golang10
ecosystem9
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go9
mongodb9
python8
ansible8
assemble8
rails8
benchmarking8
moby8
ruby8
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
davealbert/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Jun 2020
Contributions:101 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 6 months
davealbert/davealbert.github.io
Jul 2015 - Aug 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 276 pushes, 8 branches in 6 years 1 month
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