Sasan RostamnezhadI am a Knowledge Management consultant and instructor, currently serving as the CEO and Board Member at DANA KM Consulting Group. With over 15 years of experience, I specialize in implementing practical KM solutions, fostering knowledge-sharing cultures, and embedding knowledge into core business processes across both public and private sectors.
Internationally, I’ve participated in professional development programs in consulting and hold certification as a Productivity Specialist by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO). An international mentor in the KM Peer Mentoring Program 2025–26, organized by the KM4Dev and SIKM Leaders communities of KM practitioners, I am also an active member of the Iranian Management Consultants Association (IMCA), contributing to the profession’s development in Iran.
In the previous two articles of this series, we explored unusual but very real stories of how knowledge management (KM) plays out in organizations across Iran—sometimes in humorous ways, sometimes painfully. From mischievous cats shutting down a gas refinery, to a repairman who solved a months-long crisis by lowering the pressure “half a bar,” these … Read more
This article is the second part of a series where I share real-world stories of knowledge management (KM) challenges and lessons learned from organizations across different industries in Iran. Each story reflects not only the situations organizations face but also the deeper insights into why knowledge management matters and what happens when it is absent—or … Read more
Introduction This article is the first in a series of real-world stories and case examples from different Iranian industries that shed light on how knowledge management (KM) challenges and solutions emerge in practice. Each story illustrates the importance of capturing, sharing, and leveraging organizational knowledge—and what can go wrong when these processes are neglected. Instead … Read more
Throughout history, documentation—the deliberate act of capturing and preserving human knowledge, memory, and experience—has stood as one of civilization’s most profound achievements. It has been far more than a simple record-keeping exercise; it has been a mechanism for survival, legacy, identity, and power. From the earliest cave paintings to the chiseling of royal decrees into … Read more