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Breaking it Down: What is Gamification?
When I talk about gamification, I often use these three E’s: exciting, engaging, and encouraging. These three concepts explain how gamification, the art of applying game design principles to non-game situations, can support a healthy work environment, improve employee satisfaction, … Continue reading
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
Breaking it Down: What is Personalization?
I consistently hear “personalized” used to describe technical features, and it is not always clear what the term means. The term “personalized” often leads us to ask, How is the feature personalized, i.e. what factors lead to the outcome? At … Continue reading
Top 5 Tips for Managing and Versioning an Ontology
Sometimes, clients who come to EK confident in their ontology development capabilities find themselves wrongfooted when it comes to creating an ontology management plan. This is partly a result of documentation – there are a wide variety of resources on … Continue reading
Data Catalog Evaluation Criteria
Data Catalogs have risen in adoption and popularity in the past several years, and it’s no coincidence as to why. The amount of data, and therefore metadata, is exploding at a rapid pace and will certainly not slow down anytime … Continue reading
EK’s Year in Review – 2022
As the year comes to a close, I’m happy to have an opportunity to reflect on 2022 and review the many successes and milestones of the year. The year was another of sustained growth for us, as we continued to … Continue reading
Expert Analysis: How Does My Organization Use Auto-tagging Effectively? Part Two
In part one of this series, James Midkiff and Sara Duane, senior technical consultants at EK, discussed what auto-tagging is and when an organization should use it. This blog will discuss auto-tagging best practices to answer the foundational question, “How … 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
Elevating Your Point Solution to an Enterprise Knowledge Graph
I am fortunate to be able to speak with many vendors in the Graph space, as well as company executives and leaders in IT and KM departments around the world. So many of these people are excited about the power … Continue reading
The Importance of Agility During The Great Resignation (Part II: Attracting Talent)
Introduction In Part I we discussed how to leverage Agile values to retain employees during the Great Resignation. Now let’s talk about turning the Great Resignation into an advantage. With 44% of the workforce looking for new opportunities, this is … Continue reading