Grown-ups just don’t get it; the intranet was invented to support and grow the business, not to deny and cost it. I received some disturbing news this week from a very talented and capable colleague and intranet manager who was …
Your intranet sucks, but you’re not alone. The average intranet sucks, too. Well, I may sound a little harsh, but what would your reaction be if your child came home with a report card sporting a 53% average (C-minus, bordering …
The great are great for a reason. And while It’s dangerous to merely copy others, much may be learned from examining the trails they’ve blazed. Having worked on well more than 100 intranets, and seen and examined many hundreds more, …
(NEW YORK, NY) Lawyers love pouring cold water on new ideas; “that’s not the way we work,” or they proclaim something to do with “liability” and “privacy regulations” as knee-jerk arguments for blocking innovation. “Sometimes listening to legal counsel is …
At the risk of sounding repetitive, this is still the number one complaint of most employees at most organizations, regardless of size, industry and geographic location. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of the search engine which, more often than not, is rated …
(OSLO, NORWAY) You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a great intranet. SharePoint, WebSphere, Autonomy, and other big-name, big-price solutions are rarely the right answer for most organizations. In fact, if SharePoint is being used at 75% of …
Time to get your priorities straight; unless you have very strong governance, content, information architecture, and self-service tools, social media shouldn’t be a top priority. Social media shouldn’t be ignored either… The problem with most intranets, is that they are …
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Let’s face it, Intranet 1.0 kind of…. well, it sucked. As I wander the halls of clients and talk with employees in focus groups and workshops, I’ve yet to hear, “Wow, remember that first intranet we had… that rocked. Good …
SharePoint 2010 is an amazingly rich, and powerful platform; it’s also frustratingly simple, and frequently underwhelms. It’s a testament to the Microsoft organization that SharePoint (in some shape or form, at some level of deployment, often limited to a work …
