Why We Built Legend: Solving the Knowledge Crisis
Every growing company faces the same problem: knowledge is everywhere and nowhere. Here is how we are solving it.
Adam Cogswell
December 15, 2025
It started with a simple observation: as companies grow, their knowledge becomes increasingly fragmented. The very thing that makes them successful - accumulated wisdom about customers, products, and processes - becomes harder to access.
The Knowledge Crisis
New hires spend weeks figuring out how things work. "Who owns this?" messages waste hours every day. When someone leaves, their knowledge walks out the door with them. Sound familiar?
Our Journey
We tried every tool out there. Wikis, knowledge bases, intranets, documentation systems. They all helped a little, but none solved the fundamental problem: knowledge is not a collection of documents. It is a web of relationships.
Written by Adam Cogswell
Founder and Principal of Valkyrja Consulting, the makers of Legend.