Kenneth Tombs

With a commitment to sustainable business performance and governance, Ken has developed his experiences with the UK Modernising Government Agenda into an Expertise as a Service (EaaS). This 1990s’ initiative helped to shape and deliver the transformation and performance of government administration, which continues to this day. His aim is to bring low risk advice and guidance on demand to organisations of all types and sizes as Business Compass.

Focused on the contemporary use of operating models and business architectures; Business Compass recognises its no longer acceptable to ‘bet the business’ pursuing performance using incomplete information and gaps in operational knowledge.

Significant work:

  • Supporting SME with regulatory compliance through Business Comply.
  • The acquisition of the industry leading NYSE listed Canadian oil technology company, Ivanhoe Energy, for its British competitor. Ivanhoe was valued at over $400m at its trading peak.
  • Leading the Alpine Cloud Service’s SME incubator enabling eight new-to-the-public- sector companies to work successfully with central government and local authorities.
  • European Managing Director for the publicly quoted Australian HR services provider, Chandler Macleod Group.
  • He was the UK Treasury/Cabinet Office strategic consultant on emerging technologies and their exploitation.

Achievements:

  • His work on legal admissibility seeded the legal and commercial processes used around the world for the UK, EU and US governments through Queen Mary's law school and the London School of Economics.
  • As a Board member of the UK National Archive, his work on digital preservation contributed to the UK, EU-DLM and US congressional initiatives in this respect.
  • He extended the founding business culture work of Roger Harrison to match organisation culture with digital transformation.

Where it started:

His career began as an engineering apprentice, since then experiencing most aspects of corporate commercial life in large and small businesses alike. He has worked for Honeywell, PwC, Logica and DSL Group, with acting as an external consultant to UK and US governments over twenty years.

With a wide range of publications covering legal issues, management culture, document management, technology exploitation, he demonstrates a broad understanding of the contemporary issues facing executives.

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Past (22)

Business  Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted) primary image

Business Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted)

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Making the business case (Series  #12 ) primary image

Making the business case (Series #12 )

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Operating models begin here (Series #5) primary image

Operating models begin here (Series #5)

Free

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4) primary image

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4)

Free

Governance (Series  #3) primary image

Governance (Series #3)

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Empathy Personal Development Course primary image

Empathy Personal Development Course

Mon, May 17, 9:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series  #7) primary image

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series #7)

Free

Communicating  with our teams and leaders (Series #6) primary image

Communicating with our teams and leaders (Series #6)

Free

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series  #9) primary image

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series #9)

Free

Communicating  with our colleagues, teams and their leaders primary image

Communicating with our colleagues, teams and their leaders

Free

Business  Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted) primary image

Business Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted)

Free

Making the business case (Series  #12 ) primary image

Making the business case (Series #12 )

Check ticket price on event

Operating models begin here (Series #5) primary image

Operating models begin here (Series #5)

Free

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4) primary image

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4)

Free

Governance (Series  #3) primary image

Governance (Series #3)

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Empathy Personal Development Course primary image

Empathy Personal Development Course

Mon, May 17, 9:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series  #7) primary image

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series #7)

Free

Communicating  with our teams and leaders (Series #6) primary image

Communicating with our teams and leaders (Series #6)

Free

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series  #9) primary image

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series #9)

Free

Communicating  with our colleagues, teams and their leaders primary image

Communicating with our colleagues, teams and their leaders

Free

With a commitment to sustainable business performance and governance, Ken has developed his experiences with the UK Modernising Government Agenda into an Expertise as a Service (EaaS). This 1990s’ initiative helped to shape and deliver the transformation and performance of government administration, which continues to this day. His aim is to bring low risk advice and guidance on demand to organisations of all types and sizes as Business Compass.

Focused on the contemporary use of operating models and business architectures; Business Compass recognises its no longer acceptable to ‘bet the business’ pursuing performance using incomplete information and gaps in operational knowledge.

Significant work:

  • Supporting SME with regulatory compliance through Business Comply.
  • The acquisition of the industry leading NYSE listed Canadian oil technology company, Ivanhoe Energy, for its British competitor. Ivanhoe was valued at over $400m at its trading peak.
  • Leading the Alpine Cloud Service’s SME incubator enabling eight new-to-the-public- sector companies to work successfully with central government and local authorities.
  • European Managing Director for the publicly quoted Australian HR services provider, Chandler Macleod Group.
  • He was the UK Treasury/Cabinet Office strategic consultant on emerging technologies and their exploitation.

Achievements:

  • His work on legal admissibility seeded the legal and commercial processes used around the world for the UK, EU and US governments through Queen Mary's law school and the London School of Economics.
  • As a Board member of the UK National Archive, his work on digital preservation contributed to the UK, EU-DLM and US congressional initiatives in this respect.
  • He extended the founding business culture work of Roger Harrison to match organisation culture with digital transformation.

Where it started:

His career began as an engineering apprentice, since then experiencing most aspects of corporate commercial life in large and small businesses alike. He has worked for Honeywell, PwC, Logica and DSL Group, with acting as an external consultant to UK and US governments over twenty years.

With a wide range of publications covering legal issues, management culture, document management, technology exploitation, he demonstrates a broad understanding of the contemporary issues facing executives.

Events

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Business  Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted) primary image

Business Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted)

Free

Making the business case (Series  #12 ) primary image

Making the business case (Series #12 )

Check ticket price on event

Operating models begin here (Series #5) primary image

Operating models begin here (Series #5)

Free

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4) primary image

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4)

Free

Governance (Series  #3) primary image

Governance (Series #3)

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Empathy Personal Development Course primary image

Empathy Personal Development Course

Mon, May 17, 9:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series  #7) primary image

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series #7)

Free

Communicating  with our teams and leaders (Series #6) primary image

Communicating with our teams and leaders (Series #6)

Free

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series  #9) primary image

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series #9)

Free

Communicating  with our colleagues, teams and their leaders primary image

Communicating with our colleagues, teams and their leaders

Free

Business  Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted) primary image

Business Systems - enterprise and governance across silos (App Assisted)

Free

Making the business case (Series  #12 ) primary image

Making the business case (Series #12 )

Check ticket price on event

Operating models begin here (Series #5) primary image

Operating models begin here (Series #5)

Free

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4) primary image

Business Architecture Frameworks - where they fit (Series #4)

Free

Governance (Series  #3) primary image

Governance (Series #3)

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Empathy Personal Development Course primary image

Empathy Personal Development Course

Mon, May 17, 9:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Management Systems for organisations (Series  #1) primary image

Management Systems for organisations (Series #1)

Free

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series  #7) primary image

Management culture - how do you fit in and benefit? (Series #7)

Free

Communicating  with our teams and leaders (Series #6) primary image

Communicating with our teams and leaders (Series #6)

Free

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series  #9) primary image

Using process mining - where operating models begin (Series #9)

Free

Communicating  with our colleagues, teams and their leaders primary image

Communicating with our colleagues, teams and their leaders

Free