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The world is changing because of artificial intelligence (AI), but for many businesses it’s not clear how we get from the way things are now to the hyper-productive utopia pitched by AI solutions. For many executives and VPs tasked with integrating AI into their business, their focus is on...
How important will an AI knowledge management system be in the future? Gartner’s 2022 Market Guide for Customer Service Knowledge Management Systems, by principal analysts Pri Rathnayake and Drew Kraus, reveals an eye-opening prediction: “By 2027, 40% of knowledge management systems that do not...
Traditional KMSs stand no chance. An AI-based knowledge management system (KMS) is the intrepid explorer of our digital age, charting the vast terrain of data within organizations. They wield the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to create an...
Picture this scenario of the relationship of AI in knowledge management: a bustling contact center, where customer inquiries are swiftly resolved with unrivaled precision and personalized care. What powers this extraordinary transformation? The answer lies within the ingenious confluence of...
In this benchmark report, we present data reflecting the views of customer experience (CX) leaders who attended Call and Contact Center Expo in Las Vegas, NV from April 26-27, 2023. Participants completed a written survey asking about their contact center priorities, challenges, the future, and...
As a knowledge manager, you always have a lot to learn! Taxonomy management, frameworks, new breakthroughs in natural language processing—it helps to connect with other knowledge managers to learn and apply these concepts to give your organization an edge. But you don’t have to go in alone. In...
To survive in a world filled with data, you must run a knowledge-driven business. To boost productivity and customer satisfaction, you need employees and leaders to understand why quality knowledge impacts everyone. To begin this conversation, you don’t have to go in alone. A knowledge...
As a B2C retailer, busy season is an important time; customers continue doing business if they have a good experience—in fact, 65 percent of a retailer’s profits come from repeat shoppers. Repeat shoppers depend on timely answers; timely answers require great knowledge. Most people would...
If you’re waking up to the topic of knowledge management—you’re not alone. Interest in knowledge management has been on the rise since around 2020. As a result of a pandemic, many employees were forced to adjust to working remotely and had to figure out how to use their company’s knowledge...
Is knowledge management dead? We live in an on-demand society where customers expect accurate answers to their questions more quickly than ever before. If your knowledge management solution produces slow or incorrect answers, you diminish trust among customers and frustrate employees. You may have...
A knowledge management assessment is a simple audit of every knowledge-related component in your organization. This assessment discovers where there are gaps in your processes, team structure, or technology.
Your organization relies on great knowledge…and a competent individual who knows how to properly manage all the people, processes, and technology involved. Provide great knowledge, and employees spend less time searching for what they need—there’s no surprise knowledge is an ROI-positive...