What we love: spending time with staff

By: James Robertson Posted: July 25, 2017

We are constantly fascinated and surprised by what we learn by spending time with staff.

Thank you for the big lump of glass! (The Intranet Now Diamond Award)

By: James Robertson Posted: September 23, 2016

James Robertson received the Intranet Now Diamond Award in London.

For the past few years, physical offices have been reinventing themselves to support employees in their everyday work, facilitate collaboration and even increase employee engagement. These changes also deliver organisational …

Who should lead the digital workplace?

By: James Robertson Posted: October 20, 2015

The “digital workplace” concept is taking off with a rush at present, with discussions being heard in every corner of organisations. While interest and talk are good, the digital workplace must …

Image from Shutterstock. In the last year or so, we’ve been doing a lot of work with global organisations who are redesigning their corporate intranets. This includes a global agribusiness …

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 …

It’s time to put the focus back on frontline knowledge

By: James Robertson Posted: July 27, 2012

“We want to be number one for customer service.” We’ve heard this stated by a number of our clients over the years, particularly in the financial services industry. This makes …

What should a global intranet team be doing?

By: James Robertson Posted: March 12, 2012

We’ve written a lot about the roles and responsibilities of intranet teams, with a focus on the activities of teams in medium to large organisations. Intranet teams in global firms, …

Reverse innovation of intranets in global companies

By: James Robertson Posted: September 6, 2011

Global companies, whether banks, pharmaceutical companies or non-profits, have a particularly strong need for great intranets. With tens or hundreds of thousands of staff across dozens of countries, intranets must …

Principles for designing global-local intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: April 22, 2009

A little while back I wrote a post about the global-local challenge for many intranets. To quote: In any large organisations, there will be many different business units, with different …