Dennis Thomas
Founder and CEO, IQStrategix
Dennis L. Thomas is a Founder and CEO of IQStrategix. a knowledge computing software engineering company located in Michigan. Thomas is the conceptual designer of the company’s award-winning, patent pending knowledge solution service (SaaS) called IQxCloud and a thought leader in the field of Knowledge Science and Engineering. He has been engaged with the semantic technology industry since 2002, and published several articles and white papers related to semantics, knowledge science and knowledge engineering. Thomas has also made numerous presentations at schools, business groups, and innovation conferences on these subjects. He was a co-developer of the first theory-based semantic knowledge science and engineering course presented at the University of California, Irvine.
Latest from Dennis Thomas
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IQxCloud Use Case: Manufacturing Knowledge Learning Ecosystem
Since December 2016, Dennis Thomas has provided five articles describing knowledge management technologies. In order to provide an example of the use of these ideas, Thomas and his colleague Martha Nawrocki offer this final article.
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The CLO’s Best Friend: Enterprise-Class Microservice Technologies
When it comes to new enterprise-class training and development solution technologies, chief learning officers (CLOs) cannot rely on marketing buzz. They need to know the difference between common application web-based eLearning and training services and next-generation enterprise microservice technologies, including digitized knowledge management. Here’s a quick overview.
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70-20-10 Holistic Knowledge Ecosystems
Holistic knowledge ecosystems (HKEs) require a different kind of modeling expertise from that of instructional designers. The former is about faithfully modeling domains of knowledge, while the latter is about translating those domains into creative expressions intended to make learning more effective and engaging. There is a strong connection between HKEs and the 70:20:10 learning principle.
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Knowledge Science: The Great Big Beautiful Puzzle
What is fascinating about knowledge, and learning, is that it is massively expansive and intricately interconnected. One idea always relates to another idea. It is the ultimate puzzle. People are naturally motivated to learn and grow because, in the end, our lives and lifestyles depend upon it. Yet organizational cultures and technology work against this innate motivation. Here’s why.
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Leveraging Organizational Knowledge: Merging Knowledge, Technology, and People
It’s the age-old question: “How do we get more for less with what we have?” The answer directly relates to the advantage and survival of an organization in a globally competitive world. Thankfully, knowledge-centric systems are showing up in the software market. These modern technologies allow eLearners to learn and apply vital organizational knowledge faster and more easily.
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Understanding Organizational Knowledge-web Technologies
Just as the Internet is a repository for the world’s data and information, delivered via search engines, websites, and wikis, organizational knowledge-web technologies are designed to capture, manage, and deliver organizational knowledge. Users rapidly gain insight and understanding down into an organization’s how, why, and what-if microlearning tasks. Here’s an overview of how this works.