Who owns intranet search?

By: James Robertson Posted: December 18, 2008

To make intranet search successful, the right technology must be put in place, and the necessary work undertaken to design and configure its operation. Once these practical steps have been …

Don’t put the weather on the intranet homepage

By: James Robertson Posted: December 9, 2008

A common enhancement to intranets is to add some sort of weather information to the homepage. This could be an icon showing the current temperature, through to a full 5-day …

What does intranet innovation mean?

By: James Robertson Posted: December 4, 2008

Today in Melbourne is the last of this year’s Intranet Innovation Awards roadshow sessions. Running these has helped me to refine my thinking about what innovation really means, and how …

Exploring new techniques

By: James Robertson Posted: December 4, 2008

It’s great when we get a chance to try out some new techniques in our client work. Two examples at the moment: We are starting into the user research for …

Do automated review dates work?

By: James Robertson Posted: December 2, 2008

Keeping content up to date is hard. Whether on a website or intranet, organisations constantly battle with outdated or incorrect information. One of the primary goals of a content management …

Basics of governance

By: James Robertson Posted: November 27, 2008

When it comes to intranets, ‘governance’ is a word that people recognise, and a concept they are pretty sure they need, but often they aren’t sure exactly what it means. …

Extend the reach of the staff directory

By: James Robertson Posted: November 27, 2008

Staff directories are at their most effective when they contain a full list of people in the organisation. The realities of today’s complex organisations may mean this is not the …

Managing the intranet through a crisis

By: James Robertson Posted: November 27, 2008

We live and work in times of boom and bust. Even when the economy travels well, there are stresses and strains in our working lives. However, if the economy takes …

Intranet teams: are we leading or managing?

By: James Robertson Posted: November 26, 2008

The first session of the 2-day Intranet Leadership Forum workshop in Sydney today asked the question: are we leading or managing our intranets? Leading is about being proactive, strategic and …

Practical ways to assess CMS usability

By: James Robertson Posted: November 25, 2008

The usability of a content management system is paramount. If authors and site owners can’t work out how to use the CMS, you’ve got nothing. The CMS can have all …