War for talent is opportunity for internal comms

The Feb. 1 edition of Fortune focused on the latest war for talent. Author Geoff Colvin notes that the job market has tightened dramatically, making it a great time for people to make the jump to a new opportunity. As a result, companies need to start focusing on...

Internal Comms grapples with same problems as 20+ years ago

I spent part of my holiday break cleaning out old files in my office. Before the advent of virtual files, I kept a lot of articles and clippings in a large file cabinet. I made an interesting observation while rooting through the piles that went back to the mid 90s:...

What is our concept of “news”?

Last week I chaired ALI’s Internal Communications for Health Care conference in Philadelphia. There were a number of very interesting conversations had there, some of which I’ll discuss here in a few posts. While they involved health care communicators,...

How to make a great digital workplace

Several years ago Gartner published its “8 building blocks of a digital workplace.” Just last week, Information Age republished them in an article, as if it’s new news. For those who don’t want to go read the old post, those 8 originally read...

Beyond the Intranet: Governance (Part 3 of 4)

Are you getting the most from your intranet? Is your intranet becoming the center of your digital work experience? Is it a critical business tool? Or, is user experience all over the map, quality content elusive and outdated content busting out at the seams? If you...