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Digital workplaces and activity based working: maintaining connections in...
Many of the organisations we’re working with are in the process of moving into new office environments. These are often brand new office complexes, which have been shaped according to current...
View ArticleAvoid religious wars + make the most of video (Step Two newsletter for...
It’s easy to get caught up in religious debates, such as “intranets are dead, and they’ve been killed by social”, or “mobile first is the only true way forward”. This month we suggest a practical ‘all...
View ArticleThe power of design + intranet next steps (Step Two newsletter for February...
‘Design’ is a powerful word that now has visibility at the most senior level of business. Within the enterprise, design can go from fixing small usability issues to transforming how business works,...
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Strengthen your organisation’s digital muscles and bones
Image from Shutterstock In recent years, the focus within organisations has been on the customer. Large corporations have “customer experience” teams, who have transformed everything from...
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#Intranet observations from two weeks in Europe
Image from Shutterstock I’ve just returned from two weeks in Europe, presenting at conferences, running workshops and meeting up with local intranet communities. In a packed trip, I managed to visit...
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Global intranet projects aren’t just bigger versions of “normal” projects
Image from Shutterstock. In the last year or so, we’ve been doing a lot of work with global organisations who are redesigning their corporate intranets. This includes a global agribusiness...
View ArticleWhat if the Mad Men ran intranets? (Step Two newsletter for March 2015)
The world of Mad Men in the advertising industry is glamorous and cut-throat. What would our intranets and digital workplaces look like if they were run by Mad Men? This is what we explore in this...
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Gamification as an adoption and engagement tactic
When global engineering firm Arup made some improvements to the projects database area on its intranet, the intranet team wanted to encourage employees to post more information and digital assets to...
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Leading intranets guide employees around their physical workplace
New ways of working within the office environment means that employees are less likely to be based at one single location, and may work in multiple parts of the building. This is driven by the rise of...
View ArticleHow to deliver the workplace of the future
Intranets2015 was just over a week ago, and it exceeded all expectations. There were plenty of great speakers, covering a wide range of topics and challenges. Closing the conference was a keynote by...
View ArticleStart with a catalog of collaboration tools
Collaboration is not a new thing within organisations, despite the intensive focus on it over the last year. The reality is that any large organisation is likely to already have many different...
View ArticleUse social intranets to solve business problems
Social intranets have been popular for many years now, yet success with social intranets remains elusive. In a 2012 study by McKinsey, 72 per cent of respondents said their organisations’ social...
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Five fundamental capabilities of social intranets
What’s the difference between a ‘traditional intranet’ and a ‘social intranet’? While seemingly a straightforward question, the continual and rapid evolution of social software means the details are...
View ArticleThere is (largely) nothing to fear from enterprise social media
For the early adopters, social and collaborative functionality is now an expected element of any modern intranet. As technology platforms improve, these capabilities are steadily incorporated into...
View ArticleCollaboration isn’t free
The opportunities for collaboration and social tools to transform how we work are clear, and substantial. Too often, however, collaboration tools are treated as something that’s free, provided out of...
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Ideation applications on the intranet
As organisations look for ways to transform and innovate their businesses, the intranet is playing an important role. Many modern organisations are using ideation applications on their intranet to...
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How ready is your organisation for social?
There is no question that enterprise social and collaboration tools are sweeping through organisations. Some organisations are actively seeking out new tools and capabilities, while others are finding...
View ArticleTake an ‘all of the above’ approach to intranets
The technology space is in constant flux, with new ideas and solutions transforming (and often disrupting) existing models. The business environment is similarly changing, albeit at a slower pace....
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Redesigning the enterprise
Organisations as diverse as Apple, Amazon, Ikea, Nike, Uber and the UK Government have shown the power of design. Delivering remarkable products and services, they have spearheaded the notion that...
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