Joris Dirks is a consultant with a background in public administration sciences. Joris is keen on the alignment of organizational knowledge so people can work smarter. He applies online tools as well as architecture, to achieve collaboration and to make practical applications of policy goals.

In the past few years, Joris has experienced himself with e-Government projects. In these, he likes to think about practical applications with attention to context. This enables executive branches to implement public policies but also enables overview of challenges in implementation. This experience has made Joris a specialist on the architecture of Dutch e-Government. For example, he is one of the team members behind NORA, the Dutch government reference architecture. Joris applies knowledge management at projects, tailored by analysing needs and apt instruments. He applies online tooling like wikis and more personal approaches like workshops alike.