Archives for policies

Information management strategy consists of projects, not policies

By: James Robertson Posted: December 18, 2014

Avoid the trap of seeing an information management strategy merely as a set of policies.

Intranet governance in three pages

By: James Robertson Posted: July 31, 2012

Intranet governance can be a daunting subject, so daunting that it is rarely addressed comprehensively, and often even the core aspects shied away from. This can leave intranets and their …

Designing an intranet’s policy section

By: James Robertson Posted: June 27, 2012

Every intranet includes some of the organisation’s policies and procedures. This article outlines the common ways to collate and share this information. We will cover: different navigation methods examples of …

Designing an intranet’s policy section

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: June 25, 2012

Policies and procedures are important information, and they need to be easily found and used on the intranet.

Creating an intranet governance guide

By: James Robertson Posted: March 24, 2011

Many intranets teams are tasked with ‘creating intranet governance’ without further guidance on what that means for the organisation or a clear understanding of what it should contain. Governance is …

Don’t try to boil the content ocean

By: James Robertson Posted: May 11, 2008

Too many approaches to improving intranet content are destined for heroic failure.

Successful collaboration requires support

By: James Robertson Posted: November 5, 2007

This briefing outlines some practical steps that all organisations should take to help business areas and staff make the best of collaboration tools.

Five key intranet policies

By: James Robertson Posted: July 1, 2006

This briefing takes a different look at the role of intranet policies, and outlines five policies that all intranet teams should develop.

Make intranets the first source of news

By: James Robertson Posted: June 2, 2005

Intranets must be more than just a dumping ground for ‘second-hand documents’ if they are to be successful. Instead, a radically different policy needs to be put in place.