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How HR can leverage the intranet

By: Steve Byrne Posted: August 31, 2010

HR is a key stakeholder of corporate intranets, and can use the site to deliver both information and services.

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.

How long are intranet projects?

By: James Robertson Posted: July 29, 2010

Intranet teams, and business stakeholders, often underestimate the length of intranet projects.

What attractive intranets look like

By: James Robertson Posted: July 29, 2010

Intranets can’t afford to be useful but ugly, and inspiration should be drawn from modern web design standards.

Build support before an intranet redesign

By: James Robertson Posted: June 30, 2010

It is a mistake to assume that recognition that the current intranet is broken translates automatically into support for fixing it.

Rolling out intranet access from home

By: James Robertson Posted: June 30, 2010

While giving staff access to the intranet from home can be beneficial, the rollout needs to be carefully managed.

Intranet business cases are more powerful when they draw on real-life examples of issues and needs.

Identifying staff tasks

By: James Robertson Posted: May 28, 2010

Understanding common and important staff tasks underpins every aspect of intranet design and management.

How long should the intranet homepage be?

By: James Robertson Posted: May 28, 2010

It is widely assumed that intranet homepages need to be squeezed into a single screenful, but can longer pages be made to work?

Do intranets only need search?

By: James Robertson Posted: April 29, 2010

Can we replace our intranet homepages with a Google-inspired search page?