Your intranet sucks, but you’re not alone. The average intranet sucks, too. Well, I may sound a little harsh, but what would your reaction be if your child came home with a report card sporting a 53% average (C-minus, bordering on a D)? The preliminary data has been crunched from this year’s State of the […]
The great are great for a reason. And while It’s dangerous to merely copy others, much may be learned from examining the trails they’ve blazed. Having worked on well more than 100 intranets, and seen and examined many hundreds more, there are three key ingredients that make great intranets great: Superb, detailed governance Active executive […]
Tip: Cute labels don’t work. Trick: Old, tired labels that everyone knows should be kept. While the number one complaint by users in any organization during the past 15 years continues to be “I can’t find anything!” the reason behind the complaint can differ. However, the usual suspect and biggest problem is a poor information […]
Let’s face it, Intranet 1.0 kind of…. well, it sucked. As I wander the halls of clients and talk with employees in focus groups and workshops, I’ve yet to hear, “Wow, remember that first intranet we had… that rocked. Good times.” Yeah, Intranet 1.0 really sucked. Intranet 2.0 is the promise of something so much […]
SharePoint 2010 is an amazingly rich, and powerful platform; it’s also frustratingly simple, and frequently underwhelms. It’s a testament to the Microsoft organization that SharePoint (in some shape or form, at some level of deployment, often limited to a work group or department) is present and running in more than two-thirds of all medium to […]