Collaboration and the digital workplace in health care

I’m not sure what started my fascination with health care, but it started early. Perhaps it was that my father was an exercise physiologist. Perhaps it was my early job at an association for medical group managers (way before “managed care” was common). It might have...

Creating a digital workplace with what you have

Last week in Chicago I was honored to chair ALI’s conference on SharePoint for Internal Communication. The lively group of about 70 communicators, IT professionals and professionals in other related fields participated in a session I led about digital workplace....

How communicators can drive innovation

The theme for this year’s IABC World Conference is RISE: Innovating Global Communication. The great team of communicators I lead that developed this theme saw it delivering several meanings: Innovating reflects: How we innovate the profession and practice of...

Why I crave collaboration

“Why can’t you just tell us what to do?” This question came to me while I was facilitating a client session to help the organization develop a governance model for a new intranet. The asker was a low-level manager who would eventually be tasked with day-to-day...

Why communicators are well-poised for the future

My son wants to be an engineer or a nuclear physicist. He’s got the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) skills to be sure; but does he have the skills outlined by Geoff Colvin as the most important in our future economy in his recent Humans are Underrated?...

Tips for a Smooth HR Site Launch: Make Content the First Priority

Launching a new HR site on your digital workplace? Don’t leave content until the very last minute, or you’ll deliver a less-than-desirable result. As I recently described in a post for ALI about making content your first priority, leaving content until the very last...