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Business Taxonomies for Talent Management & Strategy
A set of well-designed business taxonomies can connect the most qualified people to the best-suited opportunities throughout an organization’s talent management lifecycle. When employees feel a sense of challenge and accomplishment in their current role and in anticipation of future … 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
Data Uniformity Inside of Google Analytics or the Use of Filters
Google Analytics does not automatically apply uniformity of data, making it difficult to parse and analyze information about your web properties. Thankfully, Google Analytics offers us a solution in the form of filters. Filters can be used for any number … 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
Who Are Your Users?
When we’re helping organizations with their knowledge management strategy, we always begin with an assessment of the Current State to identify their unique KM challenges and opportunities, mapping what’s working and what has the potential for improvement. A significant portion … Continue reading
Agile Knowledge Management
EK uses an agile approach in everything we do. In this presentation from the 2018 KMI Showcase, Joe Hilger shares how we apply agile across all of our KM projects. Learn how EK uses agile to develop a KM Strategy. Once … Continue reading
Why Practical Knowledge Management Matters More Than Ever
EK’s Zach Wahl recently presented at the annual KMI Showcase in Tysons Corner, VA. Wahl’s presentation, titled “Why Practical KM Matters More than Ever,” covered EK’s definitions of Knowledge and Information Management and discussed core business challenges and how KM can help … Continue reading
Using Google Analytics to Obtain Customer Intimacy
Recently the term “customer intimacy” has exploded upon the digital landscape. Companies, corporations, and other entities have been exploring ways to better understand just who their actual customers are and how they can better relate to them. Customer Intimacy: The … Continue reading
Validation Techniques to Enhance Usability
In this recent presentation from Taxonomy Bootcamp 2017, part of KMWorld, EK consultants Ben White and Tatiana Cakici discuss various validation techniques to ensure usability of taxonomy designs.