Social intranets have been popular for many years now, yet success with social intranets remains elusive. In a 2012 study by McKinsey, 72 per cent…
Use social intranets to solve business problems.
Go beyond woolly objectives for social intranets, to solve real business problems.
Start with a catalog of collaboration tools.
The starting point for a collaboration strategy is to create a catalog of what already exists.
No working from home: Yahoo in the spotlight, but Google has got off lightly.
It’s old news that Yahoo!’s CEO Marissa Mayer has come out publicly to tell staff that working from home is no longer allowed. Her message…
Five layers of enterprise mobile design.
Enterprise mobility is quickly moving from pilots and proof-of-concepts to delivering key business functionality for staff when they’re away from their desks. These moves recognise…
2013 is the year of “intranet plus”.
Intranets are changing. With new technology and ways of working, intranets in many organisations are becoming much more than they’ve ever been before. From what…
Enterprise mobility is more than just designing for small screens.
Last year after running one of my full-day enterprise mobility workshops, I received an email from an organisation about mobile design. They indicated they were…
Frontline staff understand the value of enterprise mobility.
I have an uncle who is now a semi-retired “postie” (Australian slang for the people who deliver the mail). He loves his job, and he’s…
Why Kindle is one of the gold standards for enterprise mobility.
I’ve been a Kindle owner for some time now. It’s a device that perfectly meets my reading needs in an understated but elegant way. It’s…
How is a digital workplace team different from an intranet team?.
As new technologies are gaining a presence within organisations, we’re seeing some strategic conversations shifting from the “intranet” to the “digital workplace”. This encompasses traditional…