No offices – but instead (sometimes) we live together

Twice a year our management team – six of us – live together for a working week. We hire a nice house in a fun part of London or New York (other cities will follow) and we become “working family” for a few days.  That in itself might perhaps be noteworthy, but what adds to the novelty is…

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How to write a digital workplace strategy – inspired by the IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is embarking on a radical project to replace existing technology with a new digital workplace to improve productivity, collaboration and knowledge management. Follow the conversation with Nisreen and Ahmed as they explain how the project came about; describe their approach; and marvel at the power of a stick man sketch! …

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Runner-up of Digital Workplace Leader of the Year 2019 – Linda Tinnert at IKEA

At DWG, we get excited about passionate people in our industry. So much so that, in 2017, we decided to create an industry award so that we could share our excitement and reward exceptional digital workplace leaders. In 2019, the Digital Workplace Leader of the Year was awarded to Marc Bramoullé for his leadership of…

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Runner up of the Digital Workplace of the Year 2019 – Barclays

We recently celebrated the passion and excellence of the teams behind some of the world’s best digital workplaces as they collected their well-deserved awards in the new look Awards ceremony at the DW Experience conference in Chicago. The Awards are produced by DWG in partnership with SMG/CMSWire, and celebrate organizations and practitioners who have excelled…

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What digital workplace practitioners can learn from the Tech for Good movement

If you’re involved in the Tech for Good movement in any way, even if it’s “just” following #techforgood on Twitter, you will have come across a name that is very familiar in the digital workplace world, both to those involved with DWG and to those who follow Digital Nations Group: Paul Miller.  While the “DWG Paul Miller” has been…

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Why American Express is in a class of its own

We’re all aware of American Express. They’re a global company with millions of customers using AMEX cards canada. This is why we are excited to reveal that we were lucky enough to get some time to interview the vice president of the Digital Workplace at American Express. In this episode of Digital Workplace Impact, I…

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Winner of Digital Workplace Leader of the Year 2019 – Marc Bramoullé at Ubisoft

At DWG, we get excited about passionate people in our industry. So much so, in 2017, we decided to create an industry award so that we could share our excitement and reward exceptional digital workplace leaders. In 2019, it was Ubisoft’s Marc Bramoullé who stepped up to the podium at the DW Experience conference in…

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Winner of Digital Workplace of the Year 2019 – American Express

The excitement in the room was palpable at the DW Experience conference in Chicago as Gary Kensey, Vice President of Digital Workplace at American Express, stepped up to the podium to accept the prestigious award for Digital Workplace of the Year 2019 from DWG CEO Paul Miller. The Awards are produced by DWG in partnership…

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How a new ‘decentralized web’ will change the world of work

There’s a growing group of inspiring people from around the world who believe that the web is failing us, and envisage a new web, which is more open, private, secure and fun, known as DWeb. I speak to Wendy Hanamura, who tells us more about the DWeb movement; explains why we need to reboot our…

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10 takeaways from the State of the Digital Workplace 2019 report

 One of our missions at DWG is to shine a light on emerging digital workplace trends and practices in order to help teams advance the digital workplace in their own organizations. Having objective data is critical for this and is why we’ve teamed up again with our partners at Simpler Media Group / CMSWire to…

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Why improving the digital literacy of citizens is crucial for both the digital nation and the future of work

I thoroughly enjoy the conversations that DWG’s Digital Nations Group (DNG) gives us the space to pursue; they carve out a little time to pause for a moment and think big about what developments in digital mean for our wider world, and how that may, in turn, impact the workplaces that we’re all so involved…

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Marc Bramoullé, Ubisoft: Digital Workplace Leader of the Year

In this episode, Paul Miller talks to Marc Bramoullé, Director of Knowledge Management Services at Ubisoft, who won the Digital Workplace Leader of the Year Award 2019. Tune in to hear from Marc as he talks about knowledge management, machine learning and user-centred design at Ubisoft; tells us about his leadership approach and philosophy; and…

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