Modern intranets are now much more than just a repository for corporate content. Transformed by new technologies — and new ways of working — intranets are becoming core platforms for …

Christmas is almost here, bringing us to the question: what to get for your favourite #intranet manager? The simple answer is: a resource that will help them to hit the …

Copies of Essential intranets: inspiring sites that deliver business value have been winging their way around the globe for a bit over a month now. The good news is that …

Last week my new book, Essential intranets, went live. It’s fundamentally a very positive book, outlining an aspirational vision for the role of intranets. As I sit in the airport …

Search is a tremendously important topic within organisations. The phrase “information overload” has long since passed into cliche, and yet we’ve done little of practical value to help staff and …

There are over a million intranets in the world according to Martin White, and I have no reason to doubt it. The field of intranet management is large and active, …

Now that Designing intranets: creating sites that work is reaching destinations far distant from Australia, some nice comments are starting to come in: I have just finished reading ‘Designing intranets …

My latest book, What every intranet team should know, has generated a great buzz, perhaps due to the stripy cover! It seems that the contents are also proving valuable, and …

I’m pleased to share the first reviews of What every intranet team should know. At a glance: “Every intranet manager (and quite a few consultants!) will benefit from this book. …

Strategy and the Fat Smoker David Maister, 2008 David Maister is the undisputed guru of professional services firms, and this is his greatest work yet. The premise is very simple: every professional firm has much the same vision, strategy and operating principles. Yet few firms ever deliver on these promises. This is the metaphor of the "fat smoker": we know what we need to do as individuals (and as organisations), but the hard part is actually doing it. Drawing on 20+ years of work in this space, Maister has seen far too many organisations struggle to do what they know