Alex Bennet, former (and first) Chief Knowledge Officer of the U. S. Department of the Navy, just sent me a copy of the book she, her husband and others just published — Knowledge Mobilization in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Moving from Research to Action.  From the prologue: “The leadership shown by the government of Canada in creating and implementing the Knowledge Impact on Society program designed to moe knowledge from the researcher to the citizens has stimulated the preparation and research forwarded in this book….The Canadian approach to knowledge mobilization serves as a model for future research…”  Chapters include: Exploring knowledge mobilization(KMb); Theory & approaches; The KMb program and process; The KMb activities model; Involving & evolving students; Execution in the action space; Outcomes & impacts; The KIS of SSHRC (mini case study of the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada); Power plus comes of age.  

Alex & David Bennet are also founders of The Mountain Quest Institute – “a research, retreat, and learning center dedicated to helping individuals achieve personal and professional growth and organizations create and sustain high performance in a rapidly changing, uncertain, and increasinly complex world.”