What do you want, a medal? Gamification on the intranet
Gamification – applying game design thinking to non-game applications – has certainly been the buzzword of 2012, with some analysts predicting that by 2013 half of all business initiatives will have...
View ArticleMaking Enterprise 2.0 work – literally
A lot of companies are still in their phase for experimenting with what is called enterprise 2.0 or social business. For some this means to establish web 2.0 inspired tools such as blogs, wikis or...
View ArticleRIP WFH: Yahoo! calls time on home working
Beleaguered internet firm Yahoo! surprised many on Friday when it announced an end to working from home in the company. In a memo widely leaked by disgruntled employees, Yahoo!’s Head of HR Jackie...
View ArticleAs business leaders call for greater flexible working, has the digital...
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph today, an influential group of business leaders in the UK argue that flexible working can boost business as well as benefit employees, if correctly implemented. They...
View ArticleYammer & Klout: An intranet game too far
Earlier today, Yammer and Klout announced details of a new strategic partnership that will see Klout scores added to Yammer profiles. On the face of it, these are two complementary technologies — one...
View ArticleReality check: Video is not the answer to your internal communication problem
They say that communication is only 7% verbal. That means that video communicates at least ten times more than a written message alone. Paralanguage (tone, rate, pitch) , gestures, eye contact, facial...
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Using Cookies on your intranet: implications of EU cookie law for UK intranet...
Back in 2011 we wrote about 10 laws that every Intranet manager should know. Number 7 on that list is the EU Cookie Law, and since then the legislation has been through a few iterations. So many...
View ArticleWill audit kill the social intranet?
Digital workplace professionals have long predicted the death of email, as organisations pledge to kiss goodbye to it in favour of integrated communications and social intranets. But could those...
View ArticleWhat’s the future for the ESN market?
This week news broke that leading enterprise social network Jive is searching for a buyer. It follows in the footsteps of Yammer and Socialcast in moving from successful enterprise social startup to...
View ArticleShould you move your Intranet to the cloud?
If you’re not there already, I’d hazard a guess that someone in your organisation (probably from IT) has already asked the question “Should we move to the cloud?”. There’s a lot of information already...
View ArticleSocial Amplification: The Digital Workplace tool you’re missing
Much hot air, waffle and expert thought-leadership has been shared on the topic of Digital Workplaces. Despite a multitude of definitions, including my own, there are some common themes: it’s the tools...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook: The Basics
In October Facebook launched their long-anticipated enterprise offering, Workplace. Regular readers of this blog will know we’ve been super excited about this since it was first rumoured in 2014. With...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook: Apps, Bots and Integrations
In the third and final part of our Workplace by Facebook series we’re looking at apps, bots and Workplace’s ability to integrate with other systems. As Workplace is still in its infancy, the ability to...
View ArticleShould I replace the intranet with an Enterprise Social Network?
With the arrival of Facebook Workplace and the merger of Microsoft and LinkedIn enterprise social just got sexy, and many companies are asking if they still need a traditional intranet. Comparing the...
View ArticleA cautionary story about cake
In my office, the company gives you cake. It’s a perfunctory cake but served up daily, it keeps employees reasonably happy and productive. Even though employees get cake every day, they barely notice...
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Using Cookies on your intranet: implications of EU cookie law for UK intranet...
Back in 2011 we wrote about 10 laws that every Intranet manager should know. Number 7 on that list is the EU Cookie Law, and since then the legislation has been through a few iterations. So many...
View ArticleWill audit kill the social intranet?
Digital workplace professionals have long predicted the death of email, as organisations pledge to kiss goodbye to it in favour of integrated communications and social intranets. But could those...
View ArticleWhat’s the future for the ESN market?
This week news broke that leading enterprise social network Jive is searching for a buyer. It follows in the footsteps of Yammer and Socialcast in moving from successful enterprise social startup to...
View ArticleShould you move your Intranet to the cloud?
If you’re not there already, I’d hazard a guess that someone in your organisation (probably from IT) has already asked the question “Should we move to the cloud?”. There’s a lot of information already...
View ArticleSocial Amplification: The Digital Workplace tool you’re missing
Much hot air, waffle and expert thought-leadership has been shared on the topic of Digital Workplaces. Despite a multitude of definitions, including my own, there are some common themes: it’s the tools...
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