Marcela Gleixner

I’ve worked for the European Parliament, Blizzard, EA, VMware, and Microsoft. Places where complexity is standard and information either helps or quietly sabotages.

I work at the intersection of knowledge management, content and marketing strategy, customer service, self-service, proactive support, and community. I design systems that help people find answers before frustration takes over, and organizations scale without losing coherence.

Think of me as a human API – translating between strategy and execution, systems and people, intent and outcome. I connect domains that don’t always speak the same language and make them interoperable. When it works, things feel obvious. When it doesn’t, everything slows down.

I’m nerdy. I’m curious. I ask “why” until I understand the mechanism, then “what if” until I see the opportunity. I’m the colleague who connects your project to three other initiatives you didn’t know existed—and makes everyone’s work better for it.

There’s a saying often attributed to George Bernard Shaw: “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, we each still have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, we each have two ideas.”

That’s not just a nice thought. It’s why I do what I do. Knowledge shared multiplies. Ideas exchanged grow. That’s the whole point.

Knowledge Management Blog by Marcela Gleixner
Knowledge Management Blog by Marcela Gleixner
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The original patch: what medieval silk thread can teach us about knowledge maintenance

If you’ve ever worked in tech, you know the drill. Something breaks in production, a gap in documentation, a flaw in the system, and you don’t rebuild from scratch. You deploy a patch. You fix what’s broken, you reinforce what’s…

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The strategic resurgence of Knowledge Management in the agentic AI era

As we navigate the complexities of the 2026 digital landscape, a critical realization has dawned upon the enterprise: the most sophisticated Artificial Intelligence is only as formidable as the data architecture supporting it. I recently analyzed a definitive piece from…

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The Palantír Paradox: data without context in Knowledge Management

In The Lord of the Rings, the Palantíri were ancient artifacts designed for communication and observation tools that allowed their users to perceive distant events in real time. Yet these powerful instruments became conduits of misinterpretation, manipulation, and despair. Why?…

What do happiness and Knowledge Management have in common?

What do happiness and Knowledge Management have in common?

At first glance, they might seem like unrelated concepts, but a fascinating video I recently revisited draws a compelling connection between the two. This video, which I first watched a decade ago, explores how both customers and support agents share…

Implementing Knowledge Management with the Knoster Change Management Matrix

Implementing Knowledge Management with the Knoster Change Management Matrix

As a Knowledge Manager, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power of effective knowledge management (KM) and Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) within organizations. However, I’ve also navigated the turbulent waters of resistance, skepticism, and outright failure that often accompany such initiatives. Implementing…