As an intranet becomes more popular and contributions to the site increase, the number of pages, documents and articles and, subsequently, the number of results on search queries, grows exponentially. …

The appetite for enterprise mobile functionality

By: James Robertson Posted: February 3, 2011

I’ve been in New Zealand this week doing client work, and one of the client sessions that I facilitated highlighted the very real appetite and demand for enterprise mobile functionality. …

People consider their mobile phone to be one of their key personal possessions, never far from their body. Psychologically, they are personal devices, in a way that is very different …

Three examples of presenting customer insights on the intranet

By: James Robertson Posted: December 16, 2010

Customer service is increasingly a point of contention for businesses that have barely differentiated products: banks, insurance firms, mobile and internet providers and many, many more. How well, or how …

What six things do staff want on their mobile devices?

By: James Robertson Posted: December 16, 2010

The adoption of internet- and web-enabled mobile devices is one of the ‘mega trends’ that will reshape many of our day-to-day tasks. Not just a consumer phenomenon, mobile devices will …

Employee engagement and intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: December 16, 2010

Employee engagement continues to be a hot topic, and little wonder. Conservative estimates suggest that small increments in employee engagement levels bring very tangible benefits through increased productivity and reduced …

KMWorld in Washington DC last week gave us a wonderful opportunity to meet up with many of our Intranet Innovation Award winners for 2010. Their work was also of keen …

Jargon test your intranet

By: James Robertson Posted: November 10, 2010

Jargon is generally language that applies to a particular trade, profession or group of people. Within organisations jargon can be like secret shorthand, with many variations, including abbreviations, made-up words …

Targeting enterprise search to key tasks

By: James Robertson Posted: November 10, 2010

Enterprise search is often deployed as ‘the answer’ for the difficulties of finding information across an entire organisation. The basic concept is that the enterprise search indexes ‘everything’, and findability …

Capture the intranet high ground

By: James Robertson Posted: October 27, 2010

The introduction of a new technology platform is a two-edged sword for intranets. On the positive side, a good technology solution will bring much-needed improvements and features, both of which …