Two streams of SharePoint governance

By: James Robertson Posted: April 3, 2012

A few weeks back, we were at the Australian SharePoint conference in Melbourne, which was packed with both attendees and vendors. The word of the event was “governance”, to the …

Briefing a visual design agency for intranet designs

By: James Robertson Posted: March 27, 2012

We’ve long stated that an intranet shouldn’t look like the poor cousin of an organisation’s public website. It reflects poorly on an organisation’s professionalism and its level of care and …

Six keys to the digital workplace

By: James Robertson Posted: March 27, 2012

The nature of work is slowly but steadily changing. Traditional corporate tools, such as intranets, HR and finance systems, are being joined by new collaboration and social tools. These are …

What should a global intranet team be doing?

By: James Robertson Posted: March 12, 2012

We’ve written a lot about the roles and responsibilities of intranet teams, with a focus on the activities of teams in medium to large organisations. Intranet teams in global firms, …

Podcast on mobile intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: March 5, 2012

A few weeks ago, Jared Spool from UIE recorded an interview with me on enterprise mobility. This informal chat covered a wide range of topics, including what to deliver to …

Musings about the role of the intranet in the digital workplace

By: James Robertson Posted: February 23, 2012

It was an interesting experience writing A week in the digital workplace. The real-world narrative structure forces you to look at how things are really going to work, from a …

New (free) report: A week in the digital workplace

By: James Robertson Posted: February 22, 2012

The digital workplace is an emerging term that describes how the working environments in organisations of every type are being transformed by new technologies and behaviours. While the digital workplace …

The 2011 Intranet Innovation Awards were notable for not one but three remarkable mobile examples. In this interview, Sharon O’Dea explains what UK Parliament has delivered, and what it took …

Our books are now available on Amazon!

By: James Robertson Posted: February 21, 2012

Our two books, Designing intranets: creating sites that work and What every intranet team should know have been bought by organisations across the globe. It’s likely that these are the …

What the digital workplace needs for success

By: James Robertson Posted: February 20, 2012

This week we start discussing the digital workplace with a bang. (Watch this space for a big release in the next few days.) Observing the discussions to date, it’s interesting …