by Toby Ward | Apr 21, 2021
Tags: corporate culture, digital workpace, intranet, intregrations, personalization
Your company intranet is a powerful hub that affects how your company operates on a day-to-day basis. It helps employees keep track of company news, connect and communicate with fellow employees, find important company documents, keep track of projects, and so on. Unfortunately, for a lot of companies, their intranets are old, clunky platforms that […]
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by Toby Ward | Feb 24, 2020
Tags: intranet, intranet case studies, intranet case study
The intranet is not a website; you can’t just Google an organizations intranet, and start surfing. Intranet case studies, good ones (not merely marketing pitches or advertorials) are rare, and at best offer a fleeting glance (a glance that is usually projected through rose color glasses). By definition, an intranet is privileged; it designed to […]
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by Toby Ward | Dec 11, 2019
Tags: HIRE A CONSULTANT, intranet agency, INTRANET CONSULTANT, INTRANET CONSULTING, intranet firm
Like intranets, not all intranet consultants are created equal. Building or redesigning an intranet requires a lot of work that usually requires months, or often, years. The average intranet redesign requires 12 to 18 months. Perhaps more in larger organizations (or much less if you choose a hosted, out-of-the box solution). Additionally, if you decide […]
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by Toby Ward | Apr 25, 2019
Tags: new social intranet, sharepoint, slack, social intranet, Teams
All-the-rage 10 years ago, collaboration on the social intranet is now part of the weekly work routine for most knowledge workers. The social intranet is at the hub of this collaboration and the underpinning technology continues to innovate and evolve. About 90% of intranets have some form of social component, be that instant messaging, discussion […]
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by Toby Ward | Dec 12, 2018
Tags: intranet design, intranet redesign, intranet search, less is more
“I only use the intranet when I have a purpose. I go on to find something as quick as possible and then I’m off,” said an employee during an intranet focus group earlier today. Employee focus groups that test intranet design concepts and approaches are very revealing. It’s a fantastic means of determining the collective opinion and […]
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by Toby Ward | Nov 20, 2018
Tags: intranet design, intranet design fundamentals, intranet redesign
The best intranets don’t come out of a box. Great intranets require a lot of work, and many months, if not years of planning and preparation. Case in point: the most recent Intranet Design Annual (NNG) featured 10 winning intranets; the average cycle for an intranet redesign ran 14 months. Eighteen to 20 months is […]
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