Archives for strategy

Use social intranets to solve business problems

By: Alex Manchester Posted: June 26, 2013

Go beyond woolly objectives for social intranets, to solve real business problems.

Every intranet needs a strategy

By: Steve Byrne Posted: February 27, 2013

An intranet vision is the starting point, but a strategy is still needed showing how to get there.

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 …

Promoting the intranet as a service

By: Steve Byrne Posted: March 24, 2011

Rather than thinking of the intranet as a once-off ‘product’, consider it an ongoing ‘service’ to the business.

Elements of a mobile enterprise strategy

By: James Robertson Posted: October 26, 2010

Mobile devices are changing the consumer landscape, and organisations must have an enterprise strategy to keep in the game.

Three elements of every intranet strategy

By: James Robertson Posted: August 31, 2010

At any given point, intranet teams must be able to describe: where we’ve been, what we’re doing, and what comes next.

Planning to demonstrate success

By: James Robertson Posted: July 22, 2009

By planning projects carefully from the outset, intranet teams can build a strong business case.

Target emotions in the business case

By: James Robertson Posted: May 28, 2009

Intranet business cases need to beyond dry numbers and recommendations, and target emotions and key business needs.

Going beyond reducing intranet frustration

By: James Robertson Posted: May 28, 2009

If intranets are to achieve their full potential, intranet teams must go beyond just reducing frustration.

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 …