Internal social tools that support the business

By: James Robertson Posted: May 19, 2011

Yesterday I gave the keynote presentations at Intranätdagarna (Intranet Days) 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. A friendly crowd, and some great presentations from the other speakers. The talk shared in this …

You can’t change corporate culture using social tools

By: James Robertson Posted: May 18, 2011

It’s been a busy couple of days for enterprise social tools. IBF24, just finished, had a big focus on the social tools that are being rolled out in organisations of …

Collaboration tools require new ways of working

By: James Robertson Posted: October 5, 2010

Collaboration and social tools promise to transform how organisation work, dramatically improving the way that staff communicate and work together. They also provide new ways of storing (and retrieving) corporate …

Understanding new solutions

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: July 29, 2010

Intranet teams should spent time to understand new technologies, so they can advise the rest of the organisation.

Enhancing the intranet with game theory

By: Alex Manchester Posted: June 30, 2010

Game theory provides a new way of looking at employee engagement and action on intranets.

Future principle: put people at the centre

By: James Robertson Posted: February 23, 2010

This future principle explores where intranets should be heading. Previous principles include act proactively, not just reactively, provide universal access and it’s more than the intranet. They support two “future …

Social intranet products: am I missing something?

By: James Robertson Posted: January 18, 2010

I’ve been looking at a number of “social” and “enterprise 2.0” intranet solutions recently. (I won’t name them, as we maintain strict vendor-neutrality.) These are all intended to be out-of-the-box …

Using the intranet to access collaboration tools

By: James Robertson Posted: September 18, 2009

Collaboration tools are spreading through organisations. Wikis, team spaces and discussion groups are being used in ever-greater numbers. For many staff, this means they are involved in several different collaboration …

Using the intranet to access collaboration tools

By: James Robertson Posted: September 17, 2009

The home page of the intranet should provide a one-click gateway to collaboration tools.

Collaboration: questions to ask

By: James Robertson Posted: August 30, 2009

Staff and business areas often identify a need for collaboration tools, without knowing what the best solution would be. They may have some familiarity with a handful of tools, but …