Breaking Down Types of Knowledge Assets and Their Impact

In their blog “What is Knowledge Asset?”, EK’s CEO Zach Wahl and Practice Lead for Semantic Design and Modeling, Sara Mae O’Brien-Scott, explored how organizations can define knowledge assets beyond just documents or data. It emphasizes that anything, from people and processes to AI-generated content, can be treated as a knowledge asset if it holds value, can be connected via metadata, and contributes to a broader, contextualized knowledge network. The way knowledge assets are defined is crucial for an organization because it directly impacts how they are managed, leveraged, and protected. This includes identifying which knowledge assets have strategic value, how to manage them to make them accessible for timely decision making, which management policies should be applied to ensure effective knowledge sharing, retention, continuity, and transfer, and which steps are necessary to comply with industry regulations. This infographic highlights the types of knowledge assets that are commonly found in organizations and provides industry-specific examples based on typical Knowledge Management (KM) Use Cases.