“Helping staff do their jobs” is the primary purpose of most intranets. Yet this is only achieved when staff can quickly and easily find what they need on the intranet. …

Enterprise mobility: leading the way vs far behind

By: James Robertson Posted: July 3, 2012

A few months back, I stood in front of 100+ folks at the UX Immersion conference in Portland, and talked about the exciting possibilities in the enterprise mobility space. I …

What are organisations delivering to staff via mobile?

By: James Robertson Posted: June 28, 2012

While the enterprise mobile space got off to a slow start (we’ve been talking about it for more than 2 years), the early adopters are now rushing along. The result …

Designing an intranet’s policy section

By: James Robertson Posted: June 27, 2012

Every intranet includes some of the organisation’s policies and procedures. This article outlines the common ways to collate and share this information. We will cover: different navigation methods examples of …

How to make this your last big intranet redesign

By: James Robertson Posted: June 27, 2012

Let’s face it, intranet redesigns take a lot of work, for everyone involved. Major tasks include: restructuring and reskinning the site migrating and rewriting content implementing new technology retraining authors …

The three worlds of SharePoint

By: James Robertson Posted: June 19, 2012

SharePoint is steadily working its way through organisations, and there is a huge industry of suppliers that has grown along with it. Despite its success, SharePoint isn’t a simple platform, …

Enterprise mobility within an office environment

By: James Robertson Posted: June 12, 2012

Something a bit different this week. While none of the scenarios outlined above are earth-shaking, they are extremely common, and the question needs to be asked: why can’t we do …

Provide online support for activity-based working

By: James Robertson Posted: June 6, 2012

Organisations across the globe are moving to a model of “activity-based working”, which takes the old idea of “hot-desking” and extends it. In a nutshell, it’s about eliminating traditional desks, …

Introducing our intranet best practice workshop package

By: James Robertson Posted: June 5, 2012

One of the hardest things about running an intranet is not being able to see other sites. What does a great intranet look like? What functionality should it provide? What …

Comms and technology: facing the future together

By: James Robertson Posted: June 1, 2012

The nature of internal communications and intranets is changing greatly. While new technology offers exciting new possibilities for comms teams, it does put a spotlight on the age-old divide between …