Strategy & Design
Defining Knowledge Management Strategy, Part 1 of 3
When we’re helping organizations with their knowledge management strategy, we often hear that it’s difficult to know where and when to start. In part one of this three-part series, Zach Wahl discusses defining management strategy and how we work to help … Continue reading »
Knowledge Organization Systems: When to Scale Up
The Findability Problem Here at Enterprise Knowledge (EK) we design systems which optimize the findability and discoverability of your knowledge and information. There are a lot of different forms this takes including: Designing a portal which allows a diverse workforce … Continue reading »
Faceting is Sweet
In my nearly twenty years of taxonomy design consulting, one of the greatest challenges has been explaining the value of taxonomy to non-taxonomists. This is a particular passion of mine, and one in which Enterprise Knowledge has invested a great … Continue reading »
Knowledge Organization Systems Defined
Here at Enterprise Knowledge (EK), we design systems which allow your employees and your customers to actually find the information they’re searching for. Do your employees need to find the subject matter expert in your organization who has the perfect … Continue reading »
Meetup: Design Thinking Lab Happy Hour (June)
EK’s own Claire Brawdy will be facilitating a Design Thinking exercise at this month’s OpenIDEO DC Happy Hour. Her activity is focused around the Define phase of Design Thinking. Event Description When working within the Design Thinking process, defining the … Continue reading »
The Next Level of Integrated Enterprise Knowledge: PoolParty 6.0
A couple of weeks ago, Semantic Web Company (SWC) released a new version, 6.0, of their already extensive PoolParty Semantic Suite with some exciting new additions. Why does this matter? The PoolParty Semantic Suite is further solidifying its spot at … Continue reading »
Meetup: Knowledge Management Association (KMA) D.C. (June 2017)
At the Feb 2016 KMA meetup, Michael Lennon led an exploration of how the Science of Happiness was impacting both KM and Organizational Performance. The session began with the question “Is KM dead or alive?” In this meetup, Mr. Lennon … Continue reading »
Design Thinking and Taxonomy Design
In my experience I’ve found that any successful taxonomy design effort stems from a strong understanding of the end users’ needs – hardly a small task. One way that I’ve worked to address this challenge is by incorporating Design Thinking … Continue reading »
Meetup: Knowledge Management Association (KMA) DC (May 2017)
On Friday, May 26, EK Senior Consultant Tatiana Baquero Cakici will give a talk on taxonomy best practices at the Knowledge Management Association meetup. Cakici will outline how a user-centric methodology and a governance framework provide a structure to label and … Continue reading »
Meetup: Web Content Mavens (June 2017)
EK’s own Rebecca Wyatt will be speaking about agile content development at a meetup held by Web Content Mavens. The topic of the event is Applied Agile & Design Thinking for Web Projects. Event Description If you create web content … Continue reading »