Tackling the global-local challenge?

By: James Robertson Posted: February 4, 2009

In recent projects, we’ve been doing a lot of work relating to what Jane McConnell calls the global-local challenge of intranets. In any large organisations, there will be many different …

Creating a new intranet: funnelling down to a solution

By: James Robertson Posted: November 5, 2008

It’s nice to be involved at the start of a brand new intranet, rather than improving (or fixing!) an existing intranet, which is the norm. It’s also a fairly small …

6×2: a new approach to planning

By: James Robertson Posted: August 9, 2007

This methodology provides intranet teams with a new and powerful approach to planning intranet improvements.

Avoid long-term strategies

By: James Robertson Posted: July 5, 2007

All too often, 18-24 month information management strategies fail to deliver benefits, but there is an alternative.

The importance of ‘tangible’ and ‘visible’

By: James Robertson Posted: March 5, 2007

Intranet teams should be guided by two words when planning intranet activities: tangible and visible.

Creating an "intranet concept"

By: James Robertson Posted: September 11, 2006

An intranet concept is a single sheet of paper which outlines where the intranet is at, where it is going, and what it will deliver in the short-term.

Managing key information

By: James Robertson Posted: December 1, 2005

There are several key categories of documents that should be targeted as part of information management projects, while other documents can be ignored.

10 principles of effective information management

By: James Robertson Posted: November 1, 2005

Effective information management is not easy. This article outlines 10 critical success factors that address organisational, cultural and strategic issues.

Intranet change: evolution or big bang?

By: Sarah Goldstein Posted: October 5, 2005

There are two main approaches to redeveloping an intranet: a big bang and evolution.

How to scope an intranet release

By: James Robertson Posted: November 1, 2004

The challenge is to deliver sufficient intranet content and capabilities, within the time and resource constraints. This briefing outlines a simple approach for balancing these factors.