Beyond Find: The Five Levels of Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge
At Enterprise Knowledge, our work in the field of Knowledge and Information Management has given us the opportunity to explore a wide range of organizational goals and business drivers with our clients. Over the years, these goals have progressed from simply … Continue reading
EK’s Year in Review – 2018
What a year we’ve had together at Enterprise Knowledge! As 2018 draws to a close, I’m happy to take a step back to summarize EK’s year. In 2018, we experienced our most exceptional growth yet. We expanded our capabilities and … Continue reading
Making KM Clickable with Search
I’ve been in the business of Knowledge Management Consulting for the vast majority of my career and, in my experience, one of the most challenging aspects to KM is its intangibility. I’ve helped an array of organizations to define their … Continue reading
Achieving Real AI Through KM
At EK, we’ve consistently talked about the foundational value of Knowledge Management to achieve some of the more advanced information management, findability, and semantic web capabilities organizations have been seeking. At the same time, we’ve increasingly been coming across organizations … Continue reading
Moving Your Knowledge Management Journey Forward with Design Thinking
As I’ve often asserted, one of the major reasons KM efforts fail is the lack of early, frequent, and consistent involvement from end users. We also continue to see organizations struggle with early KM strategy and decision-making, failing to get … Continue reading
Beyond Findability
For most of my career, one of my favorite “made up” words has been findability. It is the perfect term to explain the “why” of taxonomy, search, and, in many cases, Knowledge Management in general. When I talk findability, I … Continue reading
Why KM Efforts Fail
In my career as a KM Consultant, I’ve often worked with organizations who have previously experienced failed KM initiatives and want to avoid repeating past mistakes. I’ve worked with an array of organizations spanning industries, size, and geography, yet the … Continue reading
What is Knowledge Management and Why Is It Important
As I’ve often asserted, Knowledge Management struggles with its own identity. There are any number of definitions of KM, many of which put too much stress on the tacit knowledge side of the knowledge and information management spectrum, are overly … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Benchmarking: Part 2
In the final part of this two-part series, EK’s Zach Wahl continues his discussion of the proprietary Knowledge Management Maturity Benchmark, used as part of EK’s Strategy and Design Services. Zach describes the five workstreams which make up the benchmark, and … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Benchmarking: Part 1
As part of EK’s Strategy and Design efforts, we work with organizations to clearly define the Current State of KM as a starting point. To that end, we have developed a proprietary Knowledge Management Maturity Benchmark, based on our years … Continue reading