Gordon Vala-Webb is an innovation professional and an award-winning knowledge management practitioner and thought leader. He has 17 years of experience helping large/complex public- and private-sector organizations to transform. He is an author, speaker and consultant with his own firm. Previous roles he has held include National Director of Knowledge Management for PwC Canada, National Director of Innovation and Information at McMillan LLP, and Cabinet Office Policy Advisor (Ontario). He and his teams have won a number of awards including Jive World's 'New Ways in Business' and the Showcase Ontario Award for Organizational Transformation. Gordon is on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Innovation Professionals and holds a Master's degree in the Management of Technology. Gordon lives in Toronto, Canada.