We finally found the world’s best intranet
Synopsis: As with the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot, we always assumed the perfect intranet was a myth. But now we’ve found the world’s best intranet and have created annotated intranet screenshots explaining its many strengths. What does the best intranet in the world look like? And what makes it so great? From a thoughtfully…
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Research on enterprise mobile – value lies in tools for frontline workforce
Synopsis: While large companies have struggled for several years with advanced use of smartphones and tablets, digital workplace frontrunners are seeing huge value from enterprise mobile tools designed for frontline workers. This article pulls from DWG’s new research report – Success with enterprise mobile: how tools for frontline employees drive value. One of the genuinely…
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6 tactics to improve adoption and business value of your intranet employee directory
Most large organizations struggle with adoption and integration of rich employee profiles on their intranets. Often having multiple systems with employee profiles adds to the challenge, but these six tactics can help. Imagine this: You’re in a taxi from the airport, running late to give a presentation at one of your company’s offices in another…
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What makes Adobe’s new intranet so beautiful? Live tour on Feb 4th webinar
Webinar summary: Tune in to Digital Workplace Live (#dwlive) on Tuesday, February 4th to see Inside Adobe, Adobe’s beautiful new intranet which is built on its own platform CMS – Adobe Experience Manager (CQ/Day). Show topics: 1) “How to shift from an intranet to digital workplace strategy” with DWG benchmarker Chris Tubb (@ChrisTubb) 2) Live tour of…
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Profile proliferation: how multiple user profiles undermine your intranet
Many intranets, collaboration platforms and digital workplaces have evolved over the past few years to put people at their centre, often by enabling contributions from individuals through social tools, and also enabling “findability” centred on a person rather than a topic or piece of content. This trend has meant that an individual’s online user profile…
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Is your intranet’s employee directory an endangered species?
I’ve just completed a briefing paper for DWG and, I have to say, it’s been intriguing. I was asked to look at that stalwart, the employee directory, and what I found worried me. An unfulfilled promise A few years ago we knew where our favourite killer app was heading. It was going to be transformed from…
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Jan 7th webinar: compare Barclays and AXA’s social intranets
Webinar summary: Tune in to IBF Live on Tuesday, January 7th to see how two very different major global financial companies are using internal social media. Show topics: 1) Live tour of Barclays’ SharePoint 2010 + Newsgator environment 2) Live tour of AXA’s IBM Connections implementation Date & time: Tues, Jan 7th | 11:00 New…
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Why is the intranet still important in the era of the digital workplace?
What is the role of the intranet in the modern digital workplace? Are intranets a relic of the past? What is the value of an intranet within the digital workplace? In my first post I looked at our definition of the organization’s digital workplace being all the technology the organization provides to allow people to…
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See SAS’s award-winning social intranet – Dec 3rd webinar
Webinar summary: Tune in to IBF Live on Tuesday, December 3rd to see the award-winning social intranet at business analytics software company SAS and hear about intranet and digital workplace predictions for 2014 from Paul Miller, CEO of the Digital Workplace Group (DWG). Show topics: 1) Live tour of SAS’s social intranet 2) 2014 predictions…
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Are you getting value from your social intranet? Are other companies succeeding?
Are you charged with delivering a social platform to employees? Are you looking for insights into the types of interventions that enable social intranets to deliver real value? Then participate in our new survey. All participants get a summary of results and are entered into a prize draw to win a 3 month subscription to…
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Nov 5th webinar on innovations in government intranets
IBF Live – intranet and digital workplace insights in a monthly online broadcast Digital Workplace Live is the unique online show from IBF. Going out live on the first Tuesday of every month it offers live tours and expert insights on intranets, social and collaborative software, mobile apps and the broader digital workplace. Learn about subscribing…
Blog Collaboration Two social intranets and Mark Morrell – Oct 1st IBF Live show
IBF Live – intranet and digital workplace insights in a monthly online broadcast Digital Workplace Live is the unique online show from IBF. Going out live on the first Tuesday of every month it offers live tours and expert insights on intranets, social and collaborative software, mobile apps and the broader digital workplace. Learn about subscribing…
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