5 ways to bring the Digital Renaissance of Work alive in your organization
Synopsis: Overhauling your digital workplace to make it fit for the future is no small task, but it is critical. Simply getting people to talk about the “digital workplace” is an important first step and this article explains how to move the conversation forward. In October this year a new book, “The Digital Renaissance of…
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7 signs that you’re part of the Digital Renaissance of Work
Synopsis: As an increasing number of people are taking advantage of advances in technology and new ways of working, we’re seeing an emergence of a new digital work ethic. Access to information that if you wanted to learn more about, you can check out at this website for data related information, control over your work…
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7 vital skills for digital workplace leaders
The vision and knowledge of senior leaders has been essential to successful digital workplace transformations at organizations such as Unilever, Barclays and IKEA. There are seven key things that every digital leader needs to know in order to avoid failure. Unilever, Barclays and IKEA are all transforming the digital workplace experience, not just for their…
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The digital renaissance of work: are we exiting the dark ages of the office?
Synopsis: We are at a moment in human history that is far more significant and transformative than most of us realize. Digital working is completely changing our relationships to our work, to employers and to each other. In October this year a new book, “The Digital Renaissance of Work – Delivering digital workplaces fit for…
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10 advantages of focusing enterprise mobility on frontline workers
Synopsis: Enterprise mobility is still at an early stage of maturity in most organizations, but interest is accelerating. There are ten core advantages of mobility, including portability and the ability to capture data in real time, which help unlock value for frontline workers. Download a free executive summary of DWG’s new research report – Success…
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With the digital workplace, focus is everything
Synopsis: Trying to overhaul your entire digital workplace simply won’t work. Instead, examine these four ways to narrow the scope of your digital workplace improvements. Download a free executive summary of DWG’s new research report – Success with enterprise mobile: how tools for frontline employees drive value. The dinosaurs of enterprise mobile Mobile is a…
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Will the digital workplace evolve like the intranet did? I hope not.
Synopsis: The evolution of digital workplaces looks similar to that of intranets before them. It’s critical to recognize the patterns, master the success factors and know where the similarities end. The digital workplace, from an organization’s point of view, is all the digital tools and services provided to employees to help them do their jobs….
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Review of Jane McConnell’s 2014 “Digital Workplace Trends” report
Now in its eighth year, Jane McConnell’s annual publication about the state of the digital workplace in the enterprise is a key piece of research in the field of workplace technology. Based on a detailed survey completed by over 300 organizations, it gives a complete and authoritative view of what is happening regarding multiple aspects…
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Digital workplace masterclasses in London, New York and Utrecht in March
Synopsis: There are more and more examples of digital workplace programmes being used to transform how organizations work. But most companies have neither a responsible department nor an integrated strategy. In the workshops listed below the Digital Workplace Group’s senior experts will explain the strategies behind successful efforts at large organizations and provide a strategic…
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Millenial schmillenial: debunking myths about generational digital working habits
Synopsis: It turns out that differences in how various age groups want to work are about life cycle, not generational patterns. Building effective digital workplaces and flexible working programmes requires a focus on your specific users and their needs. Kids these days Baby-boomers. Generation X. Gen Y AKA ” The Millennials”. Marketing people are suckers…
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Enterprise mobility or mobile intranet?
Smartphones have made us focus on the devices themselves and it is natural to want to get the intranet onto them. But that perspective can be just as backwards as picking SharePoint and then figuring out what the intranet’s actual requirements are. I’d like to suggest that we should consider the idea of mobility being…
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What’s the employee’s view of the digital workplace?
In my last post we started hovering just behind the ear of one of your colleagues, as they did their work in different places, in different ways, with different tools. Let’s keep him in mind, for his view of the digital workplace is very different from your view as a “digital workplace manager”. In this…
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