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...

Make up of your digital workplace governance team

Having just returned from vacation where I caught up on my online reading, I’m inspired to address a topic near and dear to my heart: who should do what when it comes to governing your digital workplace or intranet. I read with interest this post about...

Can a SharePoint intranet increase employee engagement?

I’ve talked about engagement within the context of the intranet before. In fact, I co-wrote a white paper on the topic and posted about that back in June (you can download the white paper from that post). SharePoint Pro Magazine asked me to cover the topic for...

It’s about the topics, not the channel

I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. When it comes to intranet navigation it’s about the topics. It’s not about the channel. I recall having a conversation with someone at Sprint PCS in 1997 about the home page of our new intranet. This...

Who Should Own Your Digital Workplace?

The title question came to me during the recent ALI SharePoint for Internal Communications conference in NYC. So, I’ve written up my perspective in a new post for SharePoint Pro Magazine....