Entovation International

What Entovation International does

Entovation International is a privately held knowledge management and innovation strategy consulting network founded in 1987 by Debra M. Amidon and currently headquartered in Aldie, Virginia. The firm operates as a global federation of expert advisors known as the E100 Network, linking 200+ knowledge leaders across 70+ countries, and delivers services through four primary channels: bespoke strategy consulting, the ENTOVATION Gyroscope online executive seminar program, intensive practicum workshops, and the Knowledge Concert presentation series. Revenue is generated primarily through quote-based professional services engagements with enterprises, governments, cities, and nations, supplemented by subscription-style online seminars and book royalties from a published trilogy ('The Innovation SuperHighway,' 'Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy,' 'Knowledge Economics,' and 'Creating the Knowledge-Based Business').

The firm's intellectual property stack consists of four proprietary, trademarked methodologies: the ENTOVATION Gyroscope (a knowledge economy leadership program), the Knowledge Innovation Assessment (a dialogue tool for surfacing tacit organizational knowledge), the Kenovation Assessment (designed for Small Business Networks), and the Lotus Innovation Framework (a micro/meso/macro three-tier strategic planning architecture). Customer segments span four tiers — enterprises, governments/nations, cities, and small business networks — with horizontal segmentation across both public and private sectors. Distribution is network-based rather than sales-led: engagements are staffed by curated global advisors such as Leif Edvinsson (first CKO at Skandia), Don Tapscott, and F. Javier Carrillo (founder of the world's first Center for Knowledge Systems), and delivered through direct consulting, virtual seminars, and in-person workshops. Following founder Debra M. Amidon's death in 2016, Lynne M Schneider assumed the CEO role; the company operates with 11-50 employees and no disclosed external funding or institutional ownership.

Name

Entovation International

Legal name

Entovation International, Ltd

Website

https://entovation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Entovation International is a privately held knowledge management and innovation strategy consulting network, founded in 1987, that delivers proprietary advisory services, workshops, and online seminars to enterprises, governments, cities, and small business networks through a global federation of 200+ expert advisors across 70+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ), Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO)

Keywords

• Knowledge management consulting
• Innovation strategy consulting
• Executive education services
• Knowledge innovation assessment
• Collaborative innovation advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Aldie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategy Consulting: Consulting services tailored to client needs including assessing capabilities, providing examples and linkages to leaders in practice, reviewing existing strategies and positioning initiatives in organizations. Teams are customized to bring multi-faceted global perspectives.
2. ENTOVATION Gyroscope Online Seminars: Worldwide virtual coaching in personal and professional skills delivered through online executive seminars with world-class virtual facilitators.
3. Practicums (Interactive Workshops): Intensive interactive workshops on practical aspects of implementing knowledge management strategies. Delivered over 1-2 days, a week-long course, and/or workshop series. Topics range from modern management principles to hands-on analysis of innovation capacity. Customized to client needs.
4. Knowledge Concert: Unique knowledge entertainment providing education on global implications of the knowledge economy combined with musical harmony. Available through worldwide tour of presentations.
5. Publications and Knowledge Products: Books and publications including 'The Innovation SuperHighway', 'Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy', 'Knowledge Economics' (tri-volume set), and 'Creating the Knowledge-Based Business'. Available for purchase through Amazon and institutional channels.
6. Innovation Capital Reports: Fact-finding and reporting services for country/region leadership to identify and track economic indicators for national innovation strategy development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Entovation International is a global knowledge innovation consulting network that delivers strategy consulting, proprietary assessments, executive seminars, and intensive workshops to help organizations manage intangible knowledge assets and drive innovation. Offerings include the ENTOVATION Gyroscope online executive program, Innovation Capital Reports for national leaders, Knowledge Innovation and Kenovation Assessments, Practicum workshops, Knowledge Concert presentations, and Knowledge Enterprise Design services. The firm also publishes a body of knowledge management books and operates the E100 Global Knowledge Leadership Network linking 200+ experts across 70+ countries.

Product overview

Entovation International is a global innovation research and consulting network organization offering a portfolio of knowledge management and innovation consulting services, publications, and professional networks. The core offerings include the ENTOVATION Gyroscope (Knowledge Economy Leadership Program with virtual coaching and online executive seminars), Innovation Capital Reports, Strategy Consulting, Knowledge Concert presentations, Presentations/Seminars, Practicums (interactive workshops), Knowledge Innovation Assessment, Knowledge Innovation Development Program (Kenovation Assessment), and Knowledge Enterprise Design and Development. The company also publishes a trilogy of knowledge management books including 'Creating the Knowledge-Based Business', 'Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy: The Ken Awakening', 'State of the Future', 'Knowledge Economics' (tri-volume set), and 'The Innovation SuperHighway'. Supporting services include the E100 Alerts newsletter, E100 Members Network spanning 70+ countries, and the Fellow Advisors Program organized around ten Knowledge Innovation modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ENTOVATION Gyroscope — Knowledge Economy Leadership Program Worldwide virtual coaching program offering online executive seminars in personal and professional skills, delivered with world-class Virtual Facilitators and featuring the latest thinking and practices in knowledge innovation.
• Strategy Consulting Customized consulting engagements that develop knowledge strategies, assess innovation capabilities, provide linkages to industry leaders in practice, review existing strategies, and position innovation initiatives within organizations.
• Practicums — Five Interactive Workshops Intensive interactive workshops on practical aspects of implementing knowledge management strategies, available as 1-2 day sessions, week-long courses, or workshop series, covering modern management principles through hands-on innovation capacity analysis and customer innovation.
• Innovation Capital Reports Intensive fact-finding and reporting engagement for country and region leadership to identify and track critical economic indicators integral to national economic vitality, resulting in shared vision, common language, and a leveraged worldwide strategy.
• Knowledge Innovation Assessment Comprehensive dialogue tool designed to elicit tacit knowledge resident in an organization and provide systematic analysis of the capacity and capability to create and move ideas into the marketplace profitably and expeditiously.
• Kenovation Assessment (Knowledge Innovation Development Program) Assessment tool designed specifically for Small Business Networks to evaluate knowledge innovation capabilities and development needs.
• Knowledge Enterprise Design and Development Services for creating strategy and implementation plans for economic innovation and growth at the level of companies, cities, and countries.
• Knowledge Concert Unique knowledge entertainment combining education on global implications of the knowledge economy with musical harmony, presented in a worldwide tour format featuring Debra M. Amidon and Silvard Kool.
• Presentations / Seminars Conference presentations and in-house seminars designed to stimulate awareness of Knowledge Innovation standards and encourage improvement actions, delivered by recognized knowledge management leaders.
• Creating the Knowledge-Based Business (book) 524-page management report by David J. Skyrme and Debra M. Amidon featuring ten in-depth case studies and twenty-seven additional caselets of best practice on knowledge management.
• Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy: The Ken Awakening (book) Comprehensive book providing scope on the evolution of the knowledge movement, core principles of modern management, assessment of enterprise innovation competence, and a vision for the future, published by Routledge in 1997.
• State of the Future (book) Part of a trilogy covering State-of-the-Art and State-of-the-Practice on Collaborative Innovation and the Knowledge Economy, published by The Society of Management Accountants of Canada.
• Knowledge Economics (tri-volume E100 Readings set) Tri-volume E100 Readings set on Knowledge Economics principles, practices, and policies, edited by Debra M. Amidon, Piero Formica, and Eunika Mercier-Laurent, published by Tartu University Press.
• The Innovation SuperHighway (book) Groundbreaking book by Debra M. Amidon charting the intersection of knowledge management and innovation into Knowledge Innovation, providing global insights for sustaining high levels of innovation among stakeholders, published in 2002.

Quantifiable outcome

• The company has influenced knowledge management practice globally since 1984, with seminal work on intellectual capital, knowledge strategy, and innovation frameworks cited extensively in academic and practitioner literature.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core leadership, core alliance, supporting partner and regional partner.

• Lynne Schneider (Entovation International)core leadershipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO and Chief Strategist of ENTOVATION International since August 2016, leading the global innovation research and consulting network. Extensive knowledge of global innovation policy/processes, crisis response, economic development and micro-business initiatives.
• Doug Macnamara - Banff Executive Leadershipcore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresident & CEO of Banff Executive Leadership Inc. in Canada. Specializes in strategy formulation, implementation, wilderness/high risk environments, organizational leadership, and sales/marketing development.
• Bryan Davis - Kaieteur Institutecore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaieteur Institute for Knowledge Management, focused on knowledge pattern recognition and global knowledge leadership.
• Oliver Schwabe - EuroFocuscore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO of Eurofocus International Consultants Ltd. in Germany, responsible for the ENTOVATION Gyroscope online Mastertoolkit and Navigator digital ecosystem solution.
• Edna Pasher - Edna Pasher Associatescore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounder of international strategic management-consulting firm in Israel since 1978. Specializes in strategic renewal for fast-changing environments. Developed first training program for knowledge managers with Open University in Israel.
• Gulgun Kayakutlu - Istanbul Commerce Universitycore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkey-based academic partner specializing in knowledge economics and collaborative edge development.
• Piero Formica - CERTcore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerDean of International University of Entrepreneurship and professor of Economics of Innovation. Over 30 years experience in international economics and economics of innovation, working with OECD, corporations, and governments.
• F. Javier Carrillo - Center for Knowledge Systems, ITESMcore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor of KM at Monterrey Institute of Technology, founded the Center for Knowledge Systems (CKS) in 1992 - the first in the world. Developed KM Model (Knowledge-based Value Systems) applied in over 60 consultancy projects.
• Clinton C. Ackerman - The Network Connectionsupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance member focusing on network-based knowledge solutions and connectivity.
• Ante Pulic and Karmen Jelcic - Intellectual Capital Centercore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped VAIC™ (Value Creation Efficiency Analysis) - new output measure for the new economy applied at more than 2000 companies and banks. Working on Croatian Chamber of Commerce IC-project.
• Yvonne Buma - Gideyasupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO and founder of Gideya since 1993. Provides customized consulting for local governments and NGOs on innovative strategies and effective communication.
• Abdulla Alsubyani - SSTDTregional partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaudi Arabia-based partner focused on sustainable development and knowledge transfer in the Middle East region.
• Leif Edvinsson - UNICcore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor of Intellectual Capital at University of Lund and founder/CEO of UNIC (Universal Networking Intellectual Capital). First Chief Knowledge Officer in the world at Skandia AFS.
• Ron Dvir - Innovation Ecologycore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitect of innovation engines and future centers. Founder of Innovation Ecology studio developing systematic practices for innovation-catalyzing working environments. First CKO at ECI telecom.
• Hubert Saint-Onge - konvergeandknowcore allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO of Saint-Onge Alliance. Former VP Strategic Capabilities at Clarica. Specializes in comprehensive knowledge strategy encompassing explicit and tacit dimensions in collaborative relationships.
• Janis Stabulnieks - Latvian Technological Centerregional partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerManaging Director of Latvian Technological Center - first innovation support structure in Latvia. Architect of Baltics Dynamics bringing together practitioners from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• Luis E. Malpartida-Carpena - Universidad Católica del Perúregional partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner from Universidad Católica del Perú representing Latin American knowledge leadership and innovation expertise.
• Waldemar De Gregori - International Social Cyberneticssupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazil-based partner specializing in social cybernetics and knowledge management success stories using social approaches.
• Markus Hegi - Colayersupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwitzerland-based partner contributing to the ENTOVATION network with expertise in organizational development and innovation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• European Knowledge Management Association (EKMA): EKMA is a European membership organization that promotes knowledge management practice, conferences, and standards. It overlaps with ENTOVATION's European Fellow Advisors (e.g., EuroFocus in Germany, partners in Latvia and Netherlands) and competes for KM conference and community mindshare.
• Information Difference: Information Difference is an advisory and analyst firm focused on data and information management, including knowledge management strategy. It is a direct peer in the KM consulting category with overlapping buyer profiles (CIO, CDO, knowledge officer).
• APQC: APQC is a non-profit member-based organization specializing in knowledge management, benchmarking, and process improvement research and consulting. It is one of the closest direct peers to ENTOVATION, offering KM assessments, benchmarking tools, and advisory services to enterprises globally.
• David Skyrme Associates: David Skyrme Associates is a knowledge management and intellectual capital consulting firm. Notably, David Skyrme co-authored 'Creating the Knowledge-Based Business' with ENTOVATION's founder Debra Amidon, making this a tightly overlapping niche consulting peer with shared intellectual heritage.
• Knoco Ltd: Knoco is a specialist knowledge management consulting firm offering strategy, assessment, and implementation services for KM programs. Founded by Nick Milton, a globally recognized KM practitioner, Knoco competes head-to-head with ENTOVATION for enterprise knowledge management mandates.
• Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP): GKP was a multi-stakeholder global partnership that promoted knowledge sharing for development. It is a direct thematic peer in the global knowledge economy space, although its primary focus is on developing-country knowledge access rather than enterprise consulting.

Broad incumbents

• IBM Institute for Business Value: IBM's IBV publishes thought leadership and offers consulting on knowledge management, innovation, and enterprise transformation. As a broad incumbent, IBM competes in the same intellectual territory as ENTOVATION but through technology-enabled services and at much larger scale.
• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey is a global management consulting incumbent that advises enterprises and governments on innovation strategy, organizational performance, and economic development. While much broader than ENTOVATION, McKinsey competes for the same enterprise and government innovation/transformation mandates at vastly greater scale.

Others

• World Economic Forum: The World Economic Forum convenes global leaders around knowledge economy, innovation, and competitiveness themes, and produces reports such as the Global Competitiveness Report (cited on ENTOVATION's website). It is a thematic peer shaping the same agenda rather than a commercial consulting competitor.

Emerging players

• TCGen Inc. TCGen is a smaller innovation and product strategy consulting firm. While narrower in KM scope, it competes with ENTOVATION for corporate innovation consulting budgets and offers overlapping enterprise advisory services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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