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The Laws of Internal Communications Supply and Demand
Imagine you run a small shop, filled with things you think people will buy: fresh vegetables, sustainably-sourced furniture, fair trade coffee. But none of it sells. People might even tell you they want those things, but they still don’t buy.
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Clear Knowledge Management Roadblocks with This Diagnostic Tool
The knowledge management (KM) concept has been kicking around for over 20 years now, to the point where I thought we were permanently lingering in a post-hype disillusionment phase. But lately I've seen it creeping back into business cases for collaboration tools and digital workplaces.
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SharePoint Emerges From Its Ugly Duckling Phase
Two moments summarized Microsoft's May 17 SharePoint Virtual Summit for me: One was a quote from SharePoint VP Jeff Teper, "Intranets aren't just a project for some people, it's a career.
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Why You Can't Buy a Digital Workplace
Increasingly I hear IT departments refer to their Office 365 programs as being a "digital workplace" initiative. Similarly, during my research on SharePoint Intranets in-a-box, several vendors called their products a "digital workplace." This trend is troubling. A digital workplace is not something you can buy and install.
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SharePoint Intranets: To Buy, To Build or To Wait?
Over the last two years, organizations have dramatically changed how they approach creating new intranets on SharePoint. Instead of partnering with a development agency, they are looking for ready-made, easily adaptable and quickly deployable solutions. Products such as Interchange, LiveTiles, Powell 365, Unily and Wizdom offer businesses a fast-track start.
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Digital Workplace Leadership: It Takes a Village
Digital workplace leadership is largely a hands-off role. It is up to executives to set a vision, then step back and let the organization determine the program. It Takes a Village When it comes to digital workplace design, I often use the analogy of town planning.
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'Re-Imagining Productive Work' Offers Practical Office 365 Advice
In his latest book, "Re-Imagining Productive Work with Microsoft Office 365," author Michael Sampson focuses on how businesses can best use Office 365 capabilities to support common digital workplace needs. Sampson is well-established as an author who tackles the business side of collaboration.
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2016 Contributors of the Year: Sam Marshall
When I think of the digital workplace, I think yak cheese pizza. Yeah, me neither. But I will probably associate the two forevermore because of one of Sam Marshall's articles. Marshall tackles all angles of the digital workplace with articles which span the tactical to the comical, while sharing
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7 Foolproof Ways to Make Your Meeting Rooms Suck
Like many, I spend a lot of my work life in meeting rooms. And so many seem to be set up by people who have never had a meeting in their life.
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Is Your Digital Workplace Initiative Like a Yak Cheese Pizza?
Here’s my hunch about the productivity paradox: When it comes to truly implementing transformational technology, companies are unintentionally faking it. Yak Cheese Pizza and Failed Technology I once went trekking in Nepal for several weeks. Day in and day out, my diet was the local staple of dal bhat
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Digital Workplace Collaboration Means More Than Documents
It’s tempting to think that a suite of tools like Office 365 or IBM Connections will meet your collaboration needs. However, when I run focus groups to explore digital workplace requirements, asking the question “Where do you do your work?” is often revealing. Rarely is the response the intranet or
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Personalization Solutions for Your Irrelevant Intranet
Most of your intranet is irrelevant. This isn’t a criticism. As intranets grow more comprehensive, much of the detailed content won’t apply to any specific individual. Amazon is the same: I have no interest in the majority of its stock.
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How to Personalize Your Intranet
“I can’t find stuff!” is one of the most common complaints I hear against intranets. Personalization (as well as search) gives companies a way to deliver more meaningful content to their intranet users.
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Using Intranet Analytics? Here's Where You Might Be Going Wrong
Few companies have good analytics tools for their intranet, and those that do struggle to use them effectively. Our recent research on intranet analytics identified three common pitfalls: Reporting on whatever data is readily available from the tool. No action plan in response to the data.
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