From movement to mainstream: the coworking explosion
Coworking has been growing rapidly over the past five years. This trend has resulted in an explosion in the range and variety of coworking facilities – flexible places to work for freelancers, start-ups and small businesses – where there is also often a “community” element and opportunity to network. The digital workplace has been an…
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Making the case for a digital workplace
Following our publication of the Digital Workplace Business Case, Noodle, the social intranet software company, has blogged that people no longer need to feel like “lone rangers” when trying to build a digital environment in the workplace. Noodle discusses just how the Digital Workplace Business Case can “help you present the hard numbers associated with…
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Putting faith in technology: can religion go digital?
In a world increasingly turning to digital methods to connect, religious organizations are conscious of not being left behind. In a discussion on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Radio, Paul Miller, CEO and Founder, Digital Workplace Group and author of The Digital Workplace – How Technology is Liberating Work discussed how religion can learn from the…
Blog Digital workplace Download free ground-breaking research from the Digital Workplace Forum on the financial value of investing in digital working
Work is shifting from the physical to the digital workplace. Offices are not disappearing, but they are reducing in size. Their configuration is also changing, and their role in the workplace is being adapted. Work itself is becoming increasingly portable, mobile and flexible. This fundamental shift represents a huge opportunity for organizations to achieve multiple…
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The “hidden gem” that is DWG Research
Over in the UK the nation is getting into party mood as we start the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It’s also a year of celebration at DWG (formerly IBF) as it’s our 10th year anniversary and we’re excited about the New York and London member meetings coming up on 13-14 June. Something I’m very passionate…
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Nowhere to hide for leaders – why CEOs must be up front and personal in the Digital Workplace
It’s always amazing to find how the leadership of some organizations simply do not involve themselves in the Digital Workplace, or its main constituent channels. These CEOs are effectively anonymous there, either by being invisible both to employees and to customers, or heavily disguised behind the words of their corporate communications departments. Yet the Digital…
Blog Digital workplace Internal communications Working in the Digital Workplace or How I Learnt to Enjoy Meetings
Timothy Leary, the American writer and popular counter-culture figure, once said that “In the future, physical meetings will take on sacred, almost mythic proportions.” It’s a quote we use in “The Digital Workplace: How Technology is Liberating Work” and one Paul Miller and others at DWF have found ourselves returning to every now and then…
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The largest physical intranet gathering in the world!
The largest (physical) intranet gathering in the world! The yearly Congres Intranet, organized by Entopic in The Netherlands, is said to be the largest physical gathering of its kind in the world. The 2012 (4th) edition was almost sold out. It comes therefore as no surprise that this is the Dutch Intranet Event of the…
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The battle for the intranet home page: is it worth the fight?
Designing intranet home pages has always been part battle, part balancing act. Intranet teams are trying to fit a variety of functions and content into a limited space, while ensuring acceptable levels of usability, aesthetics, corporate branding and sometimes accessibility. They’re also trying to keep various stakeholders and user populations happy, some of whom will…
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Ground-breaking organization Digital Workplace Forum launches in London and New York
15th December 2011, New York and London Earlier today, the people who brought you the Digital Workplace Group announced the launch of a brand new pioneering initiative called the Digital Workplace Forum (DWForum). The DWForum was created over two days in September 2011 with the backdrop of artist, Wendy Friedman’s funky New York…
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Time for a change of mindset with the UK government’s “Anywhere Working” program
November has seen a surge of activity in support of agile working practices from governments in the UK, Netherlands and the US. The momentum is clearly building. The technology to do it is available and the cost is not prohibitive. But mindsets still seem to be stuck in old ways of working.
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Intranet thought leader Andy Jankowski to address corporate communication strategists about the digital workplace
8th November 2011, New York The Digital Workplace Group is delighted to announce that IBF Global Director and intranet thought leader Andy Jankowski will be addressing the forthcoming Conference Board Council on Corporate Communications Strategy about the latest trends in the digital workplace. The presentation takes place on 18th November in Charlotte, NC. The Conference…
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