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Knowledge Management Is More Than SharePoint
I regularly speak with business leaders about Knowledge Management (KM). It is surprising how often I hear executives tell me they have addressed KM in their organization by implementing SharePoint or O365. When I ask how well it is working, … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast – Megan Brown, Ph.D., of Starbucks
In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Dr. Megan Brown, Director of Knowledge Management & Data Literacy at Starbucks. Megan has been at Starbucks for almost 5 years, recently founding the Data Literacy team … Continue reading
Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Advanced Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 2)
In my previous blog, I wrote about building a taxonomy for two foundational use cases – findability and navigation – that we commonly design for at EK. This blog will focus on two advanced, yet still common, taxonomy use cases. … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast – Nicole Beale of Ball Aerospace
In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Nicole Beale, Knowledge Management Project Manager at Ball Aerospace. Nicole has been at Ball Aerospace for over 6 years and was the first full-time Knowledge Management professional … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Trends in 2022
As we move into 2022, I’m excited to present my annual listing of KM trends. We’re seeing a great deal of movement and investment in Knowledge Management. As predicted last year, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Graphs have grown to be … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast – Beth Poplawski of MAPFRE
In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Beth Poplawski, Knowledge Management Consultant at MAPFRE. Beth has been working in Knowledge Management at MAPFRE since 2015 and supports global knowledge management efforts and the oversight … Continue reading
Trimming an Untamed Taxonomy
When your taxonomy has overgrown your path towards usability, it’s time to do some gardening. Congratulations: you have a taxonomy! You’ve gone through the work of gathering user feedback, developing a design, validating the design, and you’ve come out the … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast Product Spotlight – Andreas Blumauer of Semantic Web Company
In this episode of Product Spotlight, EK COO Joe Hilger speaks with Andreas Blumauer of Semantic Web Company. Andreas has been CEO and managing partner of Semantic Web Company (SWC) for more than 15 years. At SWC, he is responsible … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast Product Spotlight – David Clarke of Synaptica
In this episode of Product Spotlight, EK COO Joe Hilger speaks with David Clarke of Synaptica. David is the CEO and Co-founder of Synaptica, an enterprise software application for building controlled vocabularies, including taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies and name authority files, … Continue reading
Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Common Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 1)
At EK, we’ve designed countless taxonomies for our clients over the years. These taxonomies are reflective of each individual client’s content and needs, and provide direct business value. One of the keys to our success is that before we even … Continue reading