Archives for Information management

Intranets can mitigate business risks

By: James Robertson Posted: December 18, 2014

While intranets can’t prevent disasters, they can mitigate a wide range of business risks.

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.

Intranets play a strategic role in times of disruptive change

By: James Robertson Posted: October 18, 2012

We’ve worked with many organisations that have gone through an immense amount of organisational change. These are a challenging times, and the temptation would be to leave the intranet until …

What six things do staff want on their mobile devices?

By: James Robertson Posted: December 16, 2010

When in the field, staff only want a few key things on their mobile devices, not the whole intranet.

How intranet teams should spend their time

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: August 5, 2008

Intranet teams need to carefully manage their time, to ensure that progress is always being made.

Avoid long-term strategies

By: James Robertson Posted: July 5, 2007

All too often, 18-24 month information management strategies fail to deliver benefits, but there is an alternative.

The importance of ‘tangible’ and ‘visible’

By: James Robertson Posted: March 5, 2007

Intranet teams should be guided by two words when planning intranet activities: tangible and visible.

Managing key information

By: James Robertson Posted: December 1, 2005

There are several key categories of documents that should be targeted as part of information management projects, while other documents can be ignored.

10 principles of effective information management

By: James Robertson Posted: November 1, 2005

Effective information management is not easy. This article outlines 10 critical success factors that address organisational, cultural and strategic issues.

Knowledge management for call centres

By: James Robertson Posted: February 6, 2002

Call centres are growing rapidly. They are also confronted with many challenges, and KM has much to offer in overcoming these difficulties.