See Who Owns What Your Organization Knows.
The Nova Memory Graph is an interactive visualization of your approved knowledge — showing people, articles they own, and risk levels — so you can see concentration, gaps, and succession risk at a glance.
You don't see the concentration risk until the person gives notice.
Most organizations don't know that 40% of their critical knowledge belongs to one person until that person gives notice. The Memory Graph makes ownership visible before it becomes a crisis.
Knowledge concentration invisible until too late
Without a visual ownership map, concentration risk hides in spreadsheets and org charts — invisible until the moment it matters most.
No visual map of who owns what
A list of articles and owners doesn't show you the shape of concentration. The Memory Graph makes the structure of your organizational memory visible at a glance.
Gap between knowing you have knowledge and knowing it's safe
Having approved articles is different from having resilient knowledge coverage. Unowned articles — visible on the graph — represent knowledge without a responsible steward.
People at the center. Knowledge fanned out by risk.
People nodes (inner ring)
Each knowledge owner is represented as a node in the inner ring of the graph. The size of the node scales with the number of articles they own.
Article nodes (outer fan)
Article nodes fan out from each owner. Color-coded by risk: red for critical, orange for high, amber for moderate, and green for low.
Unowned articles
Articles with no assigned owner are shown on the outer arc of the graph — immediately visible as an ownership gap that needs to be addressed.
Interactive exploration
Pan, zoom, and hover to explore the graph. Hovering any node highlights its connections. Clicking an article node opens the full article.
No external dependencies
The Memory Graph is rendered entirely in the browser using SVG — no external mapping or visualization libraries required.
Real-time from approved knowledge
The graph reflects your current approved knowledge base. It updates automatically as articles are approved, ownership is assigned, or risk levels change.
From graph to action in four steps.
- 01
Find your highest succession risk
Identify which person owns the most critical (red) articles. That person is your highest knowledge succession risk — their departure would leave the most critical knowledge unowned.
- 02
Assign owners to unowned articles
Find the unowned articles on the outer arc and assign them to a knowledge owner before they become orphaned. Unowned critical articles are a governance gap.
- 03
Cross-reference with Expert Dependency Radar
Use the Memory Graph alongside the Expert Dependency Radar for concentration percentages — the graph shows shape, the Radar shows numbers.
- 04
Model departure scenarios
Use the Loss-of-Expert Simulation to model the specific impact of a key person's departure — the graph shows you the concentration, the simulation tells you what to do about it.
Questions about the Memory Graph.
How many articles does it support?
Up to 60 approved articles in a single view. For organizations with more, the highest-risk articles are prioritized.
Does it require any setup?
No. The graph is generated from your existing approved knowledge and ownership assignments.
Is the graph interactive?
Yes. Pan by clicking and dragging, zoom with the controls, and hover over any node to highlight its connections. Click an article node to open the full article.
Map your expert memory.
The Memory Graph is available in the Insights section of DebriefCore. Book a demo to see it running on a live knowledge base.