Information sources should never be designed solely by a creative designer, but rather an information architect, business analyst or content expert. Twitter has unveiled a new design for its’ profile page: an underwhelming, and shallow design that crowds out desired …
In today’s fast moving world, video has become a part of our everyday life, evidenced by the success of YouTube and DailyMotion. More and more people also have access to mobile devices with video capabilities. Video is a technology that …
Social intranet case study: Alcatel-Lucent video sharing Read More »
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 …
In a social world, should social be the priority? Read More »
(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) Not unlike the great literature and poetry of some of the Russian greats such as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Pushkin, of which I am so fond, the Russian intranets also show great potential. And akin to ours in the …
Truth be told, a successful social intranet is remarkably similar to an intranet. Not unlike like the high-performance sports car to the family car, a high-performance social intranet resembles the corporate, family intranet at first glance… but only when it’s …
The Social Intranet Infographic: 10 Steps to a Social Intranet Read More »
Intranet 2.0 is a label used loosely to describe the application and adoption of Web 2.0 or social media technology behind the corporate firewall. In short, it’s Web 2.0 but on the corporate intranet. The intranet 2.0 label has largely …
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 …
Any time I write about or discuss SharePoint and I dare mention any of its weaknesses instead of focusing solely on its strengths some SharePoint zealot suffers great indignation at my gall for criticizing the ultimate, perfect technology. (Sarcasm: /Л€sЙ‘r …
It’s difficult study leading intranets without firsthand access to someone else’s intranet. However, our recent webinar, The Best Intranets from the Intranet Global Forum (with Kurt Sorensen, and myself), was a chance for a wide audience (300 organizations worldwide) to …
