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Top 5 EK Blogs of 2021
This year, EK employees published over sixty new pieces of thought leadership covering topics that range from taxonomy design to integrated change management to AI. Below are the top five most viewed blogs and white papers written by EK employees … Continue reading
Taking Content Personalization to the Next Level: Graphs and Componentized Content Management
Content personalization is no longer optional for companies. A personalized digital experience is essential to creating loyal customers, partners, and employees. The leading technology companies have created an expectation of highly contextualized information that answers customer questions and anticipates future … Continue reading
Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Common Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 1)
At EK, we’ve designed countless taxonomies for our clients over the years. These taxonomies are reflective of each individual client’s content and needs, and provide direct business value. One of the keys to our success is that before we even … Continue reading
Overcoming Records Management Constraints for Knowledge Continuity
I recently participated as a panelist at the Rocky Mountain SLA Conference where we discussed many topics surrounding Knowledge Management (KM). As we discussed the many definitions of KM, one of the attendees inquired about the difference between KM and … Continue reading
The Phantom Data Problem: Finding and Managing Secure Content
Every organization has content/information that needs to be treated as confidential. In some cases, it’s easy to know where this content is stored and to make sure that it is secure. In many other cases, this sensitive or confidential content … Continue reading
How Do I Implement A Taxonomy?
Congrats, you have a taxonomy! It is a strategic milestone for many organizations whether the taxonomy is instantiated in a taxonomy management system of some type, or, as we much more commonly see, stored in a spreadsheet. Regardless, your next … Continue reading
Investing in Development Standards: Code Review Best Practices (Part 5)
This blog series has covered multiple facets of development standards, from code quality and documentation to configuring virtual and containerized environments. In the previous blog, we discussed the benefits of code reviews to ensure your organization is delivering high quality, … Continue reading
Investing in Development Standards: Code Review Benefits (Part 4)
In this blog series, we have covered the benefits and recommendations for development standards at your organization as well as the code quality and processes that can enable your team to perform at a higher standard. Code reviews are a … Continue reading
Employee 360 Views: Common Use Cases
In an earlier blog, I discussed what Employee 360 Views are and which possible sources of information can feed them. In this blog, I describe why Employee 360 Views are important from various end users’ perspectives, what employee information they … Continue reading
Investing in Development Standards: Processes (Part 3)
As I mentioned earlier in this blog series, there are a huge number of development tools and frameworks available and each seems to have their own benefits and use cases. As part of your development standards, you may select a … Continue reading