What We Do
DB Kay & Associates provides Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) consulting and KCS training for technical support, customer service, IT, and HR teams. We guide you as you launch, improve, or re-energize your KM and self-service programs. At DB Kay & Associates, we give you the knowledge and confidence you need to do KCS right.
ABOUT US
DB Kay & Associates is the leading provider of training and consulting for Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS®) best practices for knowledge management, as well as customer experience practices including customer journey mapping, voice of the customer, and self-service experience design. DB Kay staff are KCS v6 Trainer and KCS v6 Practices certified by the KCS Academy. DB Kay’s Principal, David Kay, has been recognized as an Innovator by the Consortium for Service Innovation, is co-author of Collective Wisdom: Transforming Support with Knowledge, and holds five patents in knowledge management technology. READ MORE...
KCS is a registered service mark of the Consortium for Service Innovation.
DB Kay & Associates Named Winner of TSIA's TechBEST Awards
At the Technology Services World (TSW) Best Practices Conference in Silicon Valley, TSIA honored DB Kay with its Best in Satisfaction award for receiving the best satisfaction scores among on hundreds of vendors.
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Change Management and KCS
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A few clients recently asked us for more details on the roles and responsibilities of the KCS Council. There is good general guidance in the KCS v6 Practices Guide and […]
KCS v6 in Five Minutes
We’ve updated KCS in Five Minutes for KCS v6! In 2010, I learned about Pecha Kucha. Pecha Kucha is a Japanese storytelling approach that displays 20 slides, each for exactly […]
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