by Conni Christensen | 1 Feb 2021
2020 was a year like no other – a year of massive change forced upon as we collectively reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Much has been written about the way in which we adapted to our changing circumstances, in particular, the need to pivot our business models...
by Conni Christensen | 22 Jul 2019
Over the past few months a remarkable collaboration has taken place between three parties: Pingar NZ, Synercon Australia and our client Auckland Transport. We each brought existing knowledge and toolsets, which we combined to build an Intelligent Automation platform...
by Conni Christensen | 28 Mar 2018
In my last post I shared an auto-classification project that we undertook recently. Even information professionals need a helping hand to appraise and classify the growing document stockpile. Not surprising then that most organisations we work with have reached the... by Conni Christensen | 26 Mar 2018
Classification is the means by which we can build a structured metadata model around our unstructured information, enabling us to identify, find, provide access, protect, retain and dispose of it, rigorously and consistently. This one day workshop is designed... by Conni Christensen | 15 Apr 2015
Managing metadata* and developing taxonomies* is easy! And so it is – when you are working within a confined context. As Patrick Lamb suggests in his book Organising Knowledge, most people are confident in building taxonomies i.e. lists, lookup sets,...
by Conni Christensen | 12 Apr 2015
Take a look at any organisation and you will find thousands of taxonomies in every database and information system across the enterprise expressed in the form of lists, lookup sets, metadata, tags, taxonomies, file plans, classification facets etc… Who’s in control?...
by Conni Christensen | 4 Aug 2014
August 2014. So much to consider regarding automation of record-keeping practices. It’s a subject I’ve been mulling over for a while now given that the focus of my research is classification and metadata. You can read more about our research with metadata... by Conni Christensen | 30 Jun 2014
In today’s world Information professionals need cross-functional skills to assist their organisations, which are struggling with poor quality data, inconsistent application of metadata, absence of data models and confusion over industry standards. This one day...
by Conni Christensen | 31 May 2014
May 31, 2014. Just been notified that Conni’s session “Automating information governance – what’s holding us back?” was the HIGHEST rated session of the crowd-sourced papers for the INFOGOV conference which is being held September 8-10 at the... by Conni Christensen | 12 May 2014
The third article in a series of insights about metadata. We’ve talked a lot about language, but language is just one, albeit a big one, of the metadata elements we use to manage information objects. In fact there is a whole range of terms and Identifiers which make... by Conni Christensen | 9 May 2014
What exactly is the metadata challenge? As discussed in our insight The Language of Metadata, using precise and consistent language as a business tool is a vastly different concept to using it as an expression of social behaviour, as a means of differentiation between... by Conni Christensen | 7 May 2014
The first in a series of Insights about metadata, the challenges, how to use it to your advantage manage it over time. Why do we all get so confused about metadata – after all it’s really just words, right? Right! But how many different ways are there to describe the... by Conni Christensen | 30 Apr 2014
One of the best chapters I’ve ever read about metadata can be found in Darin Stewart’s book Building Enterprise Taxonomies. To quote Stewart: Metadata is a hard sell. It is expensive to create and difficult to maintain. Executives have a tough time... by Conni Christensen | 20 Feb 2014
February, 2014. Conni’s paper has been selected for the IRMS Conference in Brighton, United Kingdom, May 18-20 2104. Here is the precis: We live in a world of technology where process automation is the norm. So why, in 2014, is records management still a labour... by Conni Christensen | 1 Oct 2013
What do we need to know about the organization that will helps us to manage information ? At the very least… We need to know what our organisation does We need to know what products and services we provide We need to know what assets we manage We need to know who we... by Conni Christensen | 3 Sep 2013
You may wonder why anyone would want to spend money on specialist software for building taxonomies or metadata when you could just use a spreadsheet. Here are 5 good reasons: Relationships and mapping There are many more relationships to a taxonomy /thesaurus than... by Conni Christensen | 2 Jun 2013
Aggregation: a collection: several things grouped together or considered as a whole. Source Wordnet. I’ve always considered aggregation a cornerstone of records management. Conceptually aggregations make sense to me – records or “the record” of a particular... by Conni Christensen | 14 Jan 2013
What we need in 2013 vs. what the industry thinks we need! At the start of each year, it’s customary for the oracles to gaze into their crystal balls, and pronounce their 5 (or 10) technology predictions that become the want list for the coming year. Big data, apps...