The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: #1 Design a User-Centric Taxonomy

Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #1: Design a User-Centric Taxonomy When most individuals hear … Continue reading

Practical Knowledge Management

This presentation leverages several recent success stories from EK’s client work to discuss current themes in Knowledge and Information Management systems design and development. It includes examples and discussion of Cloud, Agile, Taxonomy, and Change Management, amongst other themes.

The Power of Information Items

Working with a client recently on building a new knowledge management system (KMS) from the ground up, I was reminded of the power of information items. Not only because they are the building blocks of a KMS, but also because … Continue reading

EK Announces Partnership with Semantic Web Company

Enterprise Knowledge (EK) and Semantic Web Company (SWC) recently announced a strategic partnership in support of Semantic Web Company’s PoolParty software suite. Continue reading

Building Collaboration Through Content Strategy

A core component of Knowledge Management (KM) revolves around content collaboration. Yet, even with knowledge and social sharing systems in place, it can be hard to build and encourage collaboration across KM systems, especially with today’s flexible office environments. Not only … Continue reading

The Art of Taxonomy Design

Throughout my years of taxonomy design consulting, I’ve tried to balance the human side of taxonomy with the data-driven side. This has evolved over time to inform the hybrid taxonomy design methodology that EK leverages. This approach leverages both top-down … Continue reading

EK Named to KMWorld’s 100 Companies That Matter in KM

Enterprise Knowledge (EK) has been named to the 17th annual list of KMWorld Magazine’s “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management.” This is the second year in a row that EK has made this list of Global Knowledge Management consultancies … Continue reading