Employees shouldn’t waste too much time on the intranet; social media wastes time; the Internet is a productivity drain. These are common refrains and concerns expressed by many executives, albeit the less educated ones, generally of an older generation, nearing or past retirement.   The exact same concerns were made about employee bathroom breaks, mealtimes, [...]

By now you're well versed with the concept of social media and its power. So powerful in fact are some forms, such as social networking on Facebook, that some employees are demanding newer forms of 'social media' communications from the corporation. “Communicating is a tough gig,” says Prescient Digital Media's Catherine Elder. “Once you've nailed down [...]

The folks in IT, communications and marketing are quick to understand and own the intranet. Their brethren in HR are often a little further behind them in terms of understanding and seizing the opportunity presented by the intranet and its associated technology. There are far too many HR departments that just don

Employee engagement is often a misunderstood term; to many managers confuse it with employee satisfaction. In short, engaged employees aren

(TORONTO, ON) According to an inter-generational survey of workers, the younger generations of workers are set to dominate the workforce, but have slightly different motivations. The study reveals that by 2012:  

As part of the leadership team for the Strategic Capability Network, I participated in developing and analyzing a survey conducted in the fall of its 500 plus senior HR practitioners to determine what they see as the top HR priorities for the next year or two.   The overriding themes to come out of the [...]

Well, sort of… The headline in the SDA Asia magazine reads Serena Software Adopts Facebook as Corporate Intranet, but Serena is instead formally encouraging and scheduling time for employees to use Facebook at work: “Serena Software is breaking out of the corporate mould by announcing today that its 800 employees around the globe will participate [...]

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For many organizations, an intranet makes a fundamental change in organizational communications, and also, business process. A change management communications program is a requisite for any intranet launch.

Communications folks see the world a tad differently from IT. And if men are from Mars and Women from Venus, then IT is from Pluto and Human Resources from Mercury. All very, very different individuals with greatly differing jobs. Yet all are expected to work together on the intranet and do so with effectiveness. Yeah [...]