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Knowledge Management Trends in 2023
As CEO of the world’s largest Knowledge Management consulting company, I am fortunate to possess a unique view of KM trends. For each of the last several years, I’ve written an annual list of these KM trends, and looking back, … Continue reading
Knowledge Portals Revisited
Nearly a quarter-century ago, I began my career in Knowledge Management helping organizations to design and implement portals. At the time, portals were one of the first enterprise knowledge management technologies to hit the market, arising as a reaction to … Continue reading
How the Government Gets KM Wrong
In my nearly quarter century of Knowledge Management consulting, I’ve been pleased to see organizations across the globe mature in their understanding of enterprise KM programs, and I’m proud that EK has had a meaningful impact on this awareness. Increasingly … Continue reading
The Top 5 KM Technologies
Knowledge Management (KM) is more important than ever. The great resignation is creating turnover unlike anything we have ever seen. How do we retain the knowledge of the workers who leave and quickly upskill new workers? This problem is even … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Is More Than SharePoint
I regularly speak with business leaders about Knowledge Management (KM). It is surprising how often I hear executives tell me they have addressed KM in their organization by implementing SharePoint or O365. When I ask how well it is working, … Continue reading
Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Advanced Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 2)
In my previous blog, I wrote about building a taxonomy for two foundational use cases – findability and navigation – that we commonly design for at EK. This blog will focus on two advanced, yet still common, taxonomy use cases. … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Trends in 2022
As we move into 2022, I’m excited to present my annual listing of KM trends. We’re seeing a great deal of movement and investment in Knowledge Management. As predicted last year, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Graphs have grown to be … 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
System Migration and Enterprise Search Design Powered by Enterprise Taxonomy, Automated Tagging, and Content Governance
The Challenge Staff at a US-based investment and insurance company were spending extraneous amounts of time finding information through the organization’s search experience. Users had been instructed to interact with search in specific ways (which filters to use, how to … Continue reading
Integrated Change Management Plan for Top Telecommunications Company
The Challenge Their Challenge: One of the top telecommunication companies in the world is pursuing an ambitious corporate strategy that entails a digital transformation of its entire operations, expanding its service offerings, and exploiting new business opportunities to become a … Continue reading