Content related to Knowledge Capture & Knowledge Transfer
What is an Action-Oriented Search Result?
Anytime Google updates their search experience, the subtle change seems to be snuck into the search engine overnight to either gently surprise the detail-oriented or to otherwise go unnoticed. However, one of Google’s most impactful, and definitely most noticeable changes, … Continue reading
How to Optimize Data Governance with Enterprise Knowledge Graphs
At EK, we know knowledge graphs are the best tool for mastering data governance at organizations. This whitepaper details the key principles and challenges of data governance and demonstrates how using knowledge graphs can ensure successful data governance. Data governance … Continue reading
Building and Sustaining Corporate Culture
As EK has grown over the last several years, I’ve found that more and more of my time, energy, and late night ponderings have been dedicated to sustaining our incredibly special corporate culture. Like a parent who always sees their … Continue reading
How Leveraging Existing Taxonomies Can Jumpstart Ontology Design
Taxonomies and ontologies are both types of Knowledge Organization Systems, or KOS. Different types of KOS can be seen as a continuum, starting with a simple folksonomy where users of content can add free form tags with no control or … Continue reading
Top Five Tips for A Successful Knowledge Transfer in Times of Chaos, Crisis, or Rapid Change
All too often, organizations do not recognize the need and value of knowledge management efforts until a knowledge-related crisis occurs. Perhaps a top-level executive has chosen to leave the organization and has not documented the knowledge and experiences that they … Continue reading
How to Distinguish Between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Metadata Fields
When designing an enterprise taxonomy, the number of possible metadata fields that can be used to describe content can be overwhelming. Depending on the type of content, the size of the organization, and the breadth of that organization’s functions, the … Continue reading
Fixing Enterprise Search Without Changing Code
Too many of the business clients I work with feel that they are powerless when it comes to fixing their enterprise search problems. While these individuals are able to say what content is relevant, they feel dependent on IT to … Continue reading
The Value of Taxonomy: Why Taxonomy (Still) Matters
After decades of taxonomy design consulting, I’m still amazed that some organizations doubt the value of effective enterprise taxonomy design. Though knowledge and information management technologies, as well as associated search technologies have changed, the core business value and use … Continue reading
Creating a Connected Search Experience
This presentation, by Joe Hilger of Enterprise Knowledge, was originally presented at the annual Federal/DoD KM Symposium on May 14, 2019. In it, Joe offers enterprise search best practices and discusses enterprise knowledge graphs and ontologies.
Leveraging KM as the Foundation for Artificial Intelligence
This presentation by EK’s Zach Wahl, originally presented at the annual Federal/DoD KM Symposium on May 15, 2019, discusses how knowledge management serves as a key foundation for Knowledge AI.