Edward Hoffman PhD Knowledge Strategies

Dr. Hoffman is CEO of Knowledge Strategies, LLC, engaged in research, education and consulting services in support of organization performance. He supports the Project Management Institute as a Strategic Advisor with a focus on integrated systems for talent management, knowledge engagement and learning strategies. He is a Senior Lecturer for the Master of Science in Information and Knowledge Strategy program at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. Dr. Hoffman retired from NASA as a senior executive after thirty-three years. He was appointed the first NASA Chief Knowledge Officer in 2011 and held responsibility for system-wide strategy, integration and deployment of knowledge services. Ed was the founding director of the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) serving in this role for over 20 years. He started his career at NASA as an organization development consultant supporting NASA teams, projects and leadership development. He was the project manager for the NASA Strategic Management and Governance Handbook that established new governance after the Columbia Shuttle accident, and he received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2010. Dr. Hoffman is the co-author of The Smart Mission: NASA’s Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People and Projects (MIT Press, 2022), which received the Axiom Business Book Award for its insights into organizational intelligence and innovation. He co-authored Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects (NASA, 2005) and Project Management Success Stories: Lessons of Project Leaders (Wiley, 2000). Ed has written numerous journal articles, and has served as faculty at the George Washington University in the School of Business, Drexel University, and the University of Sydney. Dr. Hoffman holds a Doctorate, as well as MA and MS degrees, from Columbia University in Social and Organizational Psychology. He received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brooklyn College in 1981.