Why it’s time to reframe the ‘return to work’ conversation
It’s said that a journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step. This appears to be particularly true of hybrid working. While the benefits of spending time in the office have been eulogized, gamified and incentivized, resistance to the ‘return to work’ message is also starting to grow. Last month, Salesforce pledged to donate…
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Could a behind-the-scenes preview of your digital workplace help attract talent?
By Mirsad Capric Consider this: many major life decisions are made after having a trial of what’s to come: The process of taking a new job, another significant life decision, can also provide some glimpses into what to expect, as you meet potential colleagues for interviews and visit the office for on-site conversations. Yet, collectively,…
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Time to fix hybrid work’s decades of ignored challenges
Hybrid work isn’t new. Most office workers have experienced it in various ways for many years. But many organizations have under-invested in solving the persistent challenges of hybrid work. Today we have rich opportunities to address both the new and old challenges of distributed work and, in so doing, build more resilient and productive companies….
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Why post-pandemic HQs must be big and small – at the same time
Everyone has an ‘office story’ in these post-pandemic times – and that tale tends to runs along now familiar lines: “I’m in the office sometimes but not anywhere near as often as before – and it’s working fine for me overall.” Which, as we all know, leaves whole swathes of corporate real estate floundering as it’s…
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Six ways digital workplace teams can evolve the mobile employee experience
Accessing the digital workplace and its related tools and services through a mobile device is important for employee experience. This is particularly the case in organizations with a high proportion of frontline and mobile employees who might work in factories, retail units, out in the field or on the go. For those sections of the…
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10 great digital workplace blog posts from 2022
2022 has been quite a year for DWG. We celebrated our 20th anniversary since kicking off our very first member meeting way back in 2002; we held another brilliant Digital Workplace of the Year Awards, highlighting some excellent work in the digital workplace and intranet space; and our consulting work with Esteé Lauder Companies was…
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DWG’s 2023 predictions for the digital workplace
by Nancy Goebel It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again! It’s November and that means Digital Workplace Group is abuzz with planning for the year ahead – our 2023 research, our year-end member survey, our calendar of events… and it also means it’s time to announce our 2023 predictions for the digital…
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7 takeaways about Microsoft Viva from new DWG research
When Microsoft announced the launch of Viva in early 2021 – a new ‘employee experience’ platform that is mainly delivered through Microsoft Teams across four distinct apps (Viva Connections, Learning, Topics and Insights) – there were huge levels of interest from a wide selection of different stakeholders including intranet and digital workplace teams. Fast forward…
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How to create a workplace where people want to stay
DWG has enjoyed incredibly low people turnover for 20 years. Here are my 7 tips on how companies can learn from our experience, improve employee satisfaction and protect themselves against the ‘Great Resignation’ In a recent chat with Caroline Morecroft (a terrific member of the DWG compliance unit), she pointed out to me that “hardly…
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5 winning digital workplaces
Winning digital workplaces are at the heart of how work happens in organizations. They enable a connected experience of digital tools and information for colleagues across the organization. They are smart and personalized, with multiple front doors that allow seamless access for workers wherever or however they work. And in 2022, they critically enable hybrid…
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Why HR is the essential digital workplace partner
Maturity is the act of knowing when and how to behave at the right time and in the right place. Maturity is subjective. Maturity is a fluid state. Just as there is no one path to maturity for a human being, there is no one path towards digital maturity for an organization. The quest for…
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Creating an award-winning intranet with Unily and Cathay Pacific
Synopsis In a June 2021 DWG Technology and Research Institute Technology Exchange, we partnered with Unily and Cathay Pacific to hear about Cathay Pacific’s award-winning Unily intranet and how it is supporting everything from employee experience to hybrid working. Featured in the session were: Matthew Boyd, Product Evangelist, Unily Carly Nankin, Head of Internal Communications…
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