KMWorld in Washington DC last week gave us a wonderful opportunity to meet up with many of our Intranet Innovation Award winners for 2010. Their work was also of keen …

Jargon test your intranet

By: James Robertson Posted: November 10, 2010

Jargon is generally language that applies to a particular trade, profession or group of people. Within organisations jargon can be like secret shorthand, with many variations, including abbreviations, made-up words …

Targeting enterprise search to key tasks

By: James Robertson Posted: November 10, 2010

Enterprise search is often deployed as ‘the answer’ for the difficulties of finding information across an entire organisation. The basic concept is that the enterprise search indexes ‘everything’, and findability …

Capture the intranet high ground

By: James Robertson Posted: October 27, 2010

The introduction of a new technology platform is a two-edged sword for intranets. On the positive side, a good technology solution will bring much-needed improvements and features, both of which …

Intranet access challenges

By: James Robertson Posted: October 26, 2010

For many intranet teams it is all too easy to view the intranet through the eyes of their corporate colleagues. With dedicated computers inside the firewall and polished computer skills, …

Nice comments on Designing intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: October 21, 2010

Now that Designing intranets: creating sites that work is reaching destinations far distant from Australia, some nice comments are starting to come in: I have just finished reading ‘Designing intranets …

There is no “one true” top-level intranet navigation

By: James Robertson Posted: October 21, 2010

I have often said that intranets hold up a mirror to the organisations they serve. Their purpose, content, structure and navigation must all reflect the unique contexts that they sit …

Beware of simplistic rules and strategies

By: James Robertson Posted: October 13, 2010

When it comes to intranets (and information management in general), there is always a temptation to put in place simplistic rules, or to pursue simplistic strategies. Facing a complex situation? …

Four stages of enterprise mobile adoption

By: James Robertson Posted: October 6, 2010

Mobile devices are currently transforming how we live our lives, again. Having taken for granted the ability to make calls when away from the home or office, mobile data access …

Should intranet links open in a new window?

By: James Robertson Posted: September 28, 2010

It is often the small things that are the most contentious in a community. As a vigorous debate on the LinkedIn ‘Intranet Professionals’ group showed, "should links open in a …