Knowledge Capture and Transfer Series – Part 3: Capturing Explicit Knowledge
Even though explicit knowledge refers to knowledge that has already been captured and documented somewhere in the organization, this doesn’t mean that all organizations capture their explicit knowledge in locations or formats that are easy to use. Indeed, a lot … Continue reading
Knowledge Capture and Transfer Series – Part 2: Capturing Tacit Knowledge
Organizations often lack a disciplined way to leverage the learnings and experience that their staff have acquired throughout their tenure and past experiences, and they only pay attention to this issue once it becomes too big to ignore. Examples of … Continue reading
Content Management Strategy for an International Retailer
The Challenge The learning team for an international retailer struggled to find and discover the knowledge resources that supported their work and their online learning solutions. The retailer’s learning team used an abundance of manual templates and processes, along with … Continue reading
Knowledge Capture and Transfer Series – Part 1: Getting Knowledge Capture and Transfer Right
Organizations are constantly generating new knowledge and enhancing existing knowledge in pursuit of their objectives. However, much critical knowledge is never captured. It remains inside people’s heads, isolated and undiscoverable. This leads organizations to suffer from a type of corporate … Continue reading
User-Centric Content Engineering to Improve Customer Experience
The Challenge A global financial firm needed to improve the user experience (UX) for its technical support documentation hub. Prior to EK’s involvement, the client company received user feedback expressing that interacting with the technical support documentation was cumbersome. Only … Continue reading
KM Strategy for a Multinational Software Company
The Challenge A multinational software company partnered with EK to conduct a four-month enterprise Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy Assessment of its organization to identify and analyze KM practices and technologies currently in place and to provide actionable recommendations on opportunities … Continue reading
6 Key Considerations for Implementing a KM System
Enterprise Knowledge (EK) commonly engages with organizations that are seeking to improve their existing Knowledge Management (KM) technology stack and, in turn, desire a new solution that is better suited to their technical and business requirements. There are several possible … Continue reading
EK’s Allison Blanning to Present at 2022 SLA Midwest Symposium
Allison Blanning, a Senior Knowledge Management Analyst at Enterprise Knowledge, is presenting at “Transformation of Librarianship,” a virtual conference organized by the Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and St. Louis Chapters of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) on Friday, June 10th. … Continue reading
Crafting an Effective KM Elevator Pitch
Professionals trying to garner support for a Knowledge Management (KM) initiative within their team and/or organization are often asked by well-meaning colleagues and executives: “so what exactly is knowledge management?” For all professionals seeking to make KM a priority within … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Technology to Improve Learning Outcomes
Learning Ecosystems should be designed to not only present educational information, but to truly promote learning. There are many factors that improve learning outcomes within learning ecosystems, but two of those factors most strongly impacted by knowledge management technology are … Continue reading