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The Care and Feeding of Taxonomies, Part 2: What Makes a Good Taxonomy?

February 7, 2017 by David Kay

Now that we’ve seen why taxonomies are important, it’s time to discover what makes for a good taxonomy.  Effective and useful taxonomies have the following properties. Common Across Systems. Many enterprise […]

Filed Under: KM, Knowledge Representation, self-service, Uncategorized

The Care and Feeding of Taxonomies, Part 1: Why Should I Care?

January 25, 2017 by David Kay

This is the first in a series of four blog posts about taxonomies.  In this one, it’s my job to explain why what sounds like an incredibly dry topic really […]

Filed Under: KM, Knowledge Representation, Technology

KCS℠ v6: Support’s Time to Shine

May 23, 2016 by David Kay

The Consortium for Service Innovation just released Version 6 of the KCS Practices Guide, along with a document that lays out the principles and core concepts of KCS.  V6 isn’t […]

Filed Under: Content Management, KCS, KM

Knowledge Management vs. Content Management

December 19, 2014 by David Kay

Over the years, we’ve been asked frequently about the overlap between knowledge management (KM) and content management (CM). A recent spate of these questions had me revisit some work I’d done with a KM vendor some years ago to share it with you.

Filed Under: Content Management, KM, Technology

Free Your Knowledge Base

August 8, 2014 by David Kay

Some good reasons to put your knowledge base on the Internet–and some outdated myths that keep it locked up behind a customer login today.

Filed Under: Customer Experience, KM, Rants, self-service

KCS for the Rest of the Enterprise

June 9, 2014 by David Kay

You know KM works. You probably want to share the good news. But mention “knowledge management” to people in other parts of your company, and they’ll probably tell you about useless SharePoints full of out-of-date documentation.

In Support, we know it doesn’t have to be like that. In Support, we use KCS. And KCS works. And KCS works for other parts of the company, too.

Filed Under: Announcements, KCS, KM, Resources

Reflections on Collective Wisdom on the Occasion of its Release as an Ebook

April 9, 2014 by David Kay

In 2006, my industry colleague Francoise Tourniaire and I wrote a book called Collective Wisdom: Transforming Support With Knowledge.  At the time, we billed it as the first book on […]

Filed Under: Announcements, KM, Resources

Metrics Myth Seven: Find Industry Peers and Benchmark Against Them

February 21, 2013 by David Kay

As a consultant, I find it rare to spend fifteen minutes with a capable executive before she asks me to assess how they’re doing compared with other companies.  It’s a […]

Filed Under: Culture, KM, Measures

Metric Myth Five: There Are Good Industry-Standard Measures. Use Them.

January 31, 2013 by David Kay

(A quick note to start: our February KCS Foundations Workshop is filling up.  If you or a colleague are interested, now would be a good time to register.) It’s a […]

Filed Under: Culture, KM, Measures

Metrics Myth Four: If We’re Doing a Great Job of Delivering Customer Satisfaction and First Contact Resolution at High Efficiency, We’re Doing a Great Job of Support

January 24, 2013 by David Kay

  Because, you know, that’s what support does.  Close cases.  Quickly.  In a way that satisfies customers.  Mission accomplished; let’s grab a beer! Not so fast. This myth begs the […]

Filed Under: Culture, KM, Measures

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