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Examines the complex influence of organizational culture on the digital workplace and vice versa

The IC profession has reshaped itself in response to business changes, new technology and social forces. What’s clear is that digital experiences will become VITAL within internal communications. Digital will shape how companies talk both to and with employees, and digital will shape how work happens. While IC has traditionally been focused on professional outputs…

An ideation programme, process or initiative can be a fantastic way to surface some very smart ideas from your employees. If an employee’s brainwave is implemented as a project, it can deliver great value through cost savings, improved client service and the introduction of new offerings. Other softer benefits can be employee engagement and helping…

Exploring the evolution of Internal Communications

    We all know that organizational culture has a huge impact on the design, evolution and success of any digital workplace. Taking into account the famous quote from Peter Drucker, culture really will eat your digital workplace strategy for breakfast. In thinking about and planning your digital workplace you must consider culture, but this…

One of the best ways to get recognition for your intranet or digital workplace is to enter a competition such as the Intranet and Digital Workplace Awards from Step Two, or DWG’s very own My Beautiful Intranet. Gaining recognition for your platform or project not only highlights your team’s great work externally with your peers,…

DWG consultant and lead benchmarker Chris Tubb recently wrote that intranet success starts with strategy and governance – and I have found this to be even more true for the digital workplace. The wider set of stakeholders involved plus the broader vision, deeper organizational impact and more complex technology landscape mean that any such project…

I like to say that creating a truly great intranet is easy: you just need to get hundreds of people within your organization to run a few dozen processes smoothly for maybe three years. Simple! In reality, we all know it’s a very hard task indeed. If you’re responsible for an intranet your time will…

Pssst, guess what… I know the secret of making good intranets. More than that, I’ve just gone and proved it with science and numbers. This is it. I know the secret of how to manage intranets successfully. Usability – where it succeeds or not So, let’s wind back a bit. You are sitting watching a…

The Digital Workplace Group is delighted to announce the topics for its upcoming member research programme for 2016. For over ten years DWG’s expert research programme has been trusted by DWG members to deliver focused insights across both intranet and digital workplace good practice. Topics are guided both by DWG’s unique insight into the industry…

2015 looks to have been a pivotal year for the digital workplace concept. This article looks at the top DWG blog posts about intranets and the digital workplace in 2015, and highlights the key themes that surfaced. The digital workplace is here, and it’s about… everything Let it be written in the history books: 2015…

What does it really take to achieve intranet success? There are many views on this subject – but new research from DWG cuts through the opinion to reveal what it really takes to make a great intranet. DWG research author and benchmarker, Chris Tubb: “Making a great intranet is no simple matter, often requiring a…