How ideation is evolving in the digital workplace
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…
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The link between culture and the digital workplace
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…
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Getting recognition for your intranet and digital workplace
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,…
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A checklist for your digital workplace roadmap
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…
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Top 15 digital workplace and intranet blog posts from DWG in 2015
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…
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Dissecting Deloitte’s digital workplace thinking: a focus on culture and talent
Deloitte has fairly regularly waded into the digital workplace waters and offers a perspective that is mostly about organizational culture and management. Deloitte’s main public digital workplace diagram is perhaps more interesting than useful. Over the past few years, Deloitte has fairly regularly weighed into the public dialogue about the digital workplace but because Deloitte’s…
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My 10 digital workplace predictions for 2016
Before I write my annual digital workplace predictions, I like to look back to evaluate how I think my previous year’s forecast performed. In 2014, I gave myself a “not bad” 7 out of 10 in terms of accuracy and, having now looked back over my 2015 predictions, the good news is I haven’t slipped…
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Which cultural values can help and hinder an effective digital workplace programme?
In our last foray into organizational culture and the digital workplace, I brought you tales and findings from down the rabbit hole. An increased focus on this topic had led me to tackle the question of whether there was a relationship between an organization’s culture and the effectiveness of its digital workplace initiatives. Through reading…
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Data and metrics in a world of ‘digital workplace opinion’
Too many people have uninformed opinions about their digital workplaces, when what organizations need is independent, impartial and data-driven measurement and benchmarking. Same old story, new empty ideas We’ve all been there. The Director of Human Resources returns from a “Digital Futures for HR 2020” conference in Berlin – and she is “really excited”. She…
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Why we really hate email, and implications for future digital workplaces
Email forces us into constant task switching and is inefficient by design. But these particular weaknesses shine a light on the future of digital working and where vendors and experts can lead us. Ugh. We all hate email… am I wrong?! The scourge of the modern workplace. Experts create extensive systems to help people deal…
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Decoding Avanade’s digital workplace approach and language
Avanade, the joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, has done some solid thinking around digital workplace management. This article articulates the strengths behind their approach and highlights a few quirks that digital workplace leaders need to understand. Okay. I’m not gonna pull any punches here. I’m gonna be totally honest and tell you that Avanade’s…
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Analysis of Gartner’s “8 building blocks for the digital workplace”
Gartner’s “Eight Building Blocks for the Digital Workplace” offers a thoughtful analysis and includes many important strategic topics. This first major foray by Gartner into digital workplace strategy, however, somewhat resembles a list of trends and has a few important gaps. As pioneers of the digital workplace industry and best practices, our team at the…
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