The simplicity of the new University of Sydney staff intranet homepage is a testament to the amount of work involved behind the scenes in delivering a usable and useful site. …

All great intranet solutions, and indeed most great business solutions, rely on gathering information from and about the intended audiences, consumers, stakeholders or other groups of interest. Many believe that …

The most common intranet projects are redesigns. These may be triggered for a variety of reasons: fixing up a old and dying site improving the usability and design of the …

With the deployment of a new technology platform for the intranet comes the daunting task of migrating content from the old site. Hopefully there’s been a content cleanup, and a …

Content is at the heart of all intranets. Pages, documents, and files populate the architecture with varying degrees of elegance and are managed under different authoring and publishing regimes. Over …

We live in interesting times. As part of our work at Step Two, we provide ongoing advice and mentoring for intranet teams around the globe. With the financial crisis and …

I’ve just closed the application process to join the Advisory Panel for my upcoming book. I’m now working through the list, whittling 50+ entries down to the chosen 30. More …

Early in the year, we outlined a possible New Year’s Resolution for intranet teams: to deliver three wins in three months. The idea was a simple one: Deliver three “wins” …

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 sent a shockwave through the …

Last week I was pleased to be the closing presentation at the Designing for Mobility 2013 conference, held in Melbourne. It was an enjoyable and interesting day, covering a huge …