Gartner Expert

Kim Hedlin

Director, Research

Kim Hedlin is a Director, Research in Gartner's Customer Service and Support practice. She researches the way that service and support organizations improve their operational efficiency and deliver value to customers with the help of technology. She is particularly interested in knowledge management, including how people create, organize, and disseminate information in the age of AI.

Previous experience

Prior to joining Gartner's Customer Service and Support team, Kim worked as an analyst at the Gartner Research Board, where she researched how XXL organizations use digital technology to gain a competitive advantage. Prior to her work at Gartner, Kim earned her PhD in the Humanities at UCLA and completed a postdoctoral fellowship through the National Endowment for the Humanities and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Areas of coverage
  • Service and Support Strategy and Leadership

  • Service and Support Self-Service

Education

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

MA, University of California, Los Angeles

BA, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Optimizing knowledge management with AI

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Assessing/improving knowledge management maturity

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Evaluating knowledge management effectiveness

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Instituting knowledge management culture

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Defining knowledge management roles and responsibilities