Accessibility for intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: December 13, 2012

In an ideal world, every staff member would be able to access the intranet regardless of role, location or disability. In reality, many staff do not have access to the …

Why Kindle is one of the gold standards for enterprise mobility

By: James Robertson Posted: December 7, 2012

I’ve been a Kindle owner for some time now. It’s a device that perfectly meets my reading needs in an understated but elegant way. It’s also a great example of …

How is a digital workplace team different from an intranet team?

By: James Robertson Posted: December 6, 2012

As new technologies are gaining a presence within organisations, we’re seeing some strategic conversations shifting from the “intranet” to the “digital workplace”. This encompasses traditional content publishing, news, social, collaboration, …

A lot of thinking needs to go into developing a SharePoint intranet, whether it’s a new site or an upgrade of an existing intranet. The knowledge and skills required is …

Three ways to deliver mobile solutions

By: James Robertson Posted: November 29, 2012

It’s hard to escape the frantic activity in the mobile space these days. In addition to the thousands of consumer apps being created, organisations are steadily delivering mobile functionality for …

Taking care with intranet information architecture concepts

By: James Robertson Posted: November 29, 2012

Intranet information architecture (IA) can be notoriously difficult to get right. Depending on the size and geographical spread of an organisation, an intranet can be required to serve a small …

What’s the elevator pitch for enterprise social tools?

By: James Robertson Posted: November 21, 2012

How can we best sell the benefits of enterprise social?

I was pleased to be able to present in Canberra today, as part of World Usability Day. My topic was “How design is transforming modern intranets”. The key points I …

Use your CMS to improve intranet content

By: James Robertson Posted: October 31, 2012

We have written a number of articles on how to improve intranet content including Improving intranet content and Helping intranet authors write quality content. Most of these activities focus on …

Global, local and enterprise search

By: James Robertson Posted: October 30, 2012

This is a sketch that I drew while sitting in one of the enterprise search presentations at the recent KMWorld conference in Washington, DC. It explores the question: what should …