User experience is the total experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use. There is a speedy rate of technological evolvement in the online atmosphere, but choosing to ignore the series of advancement could cause a setback for your business and staff. The advancement however outshines our...
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Intranet Costs. Hidden costs. Realistic Expectations There’s a statistic floating around on the web that the average intranet costs $40k and takes 15 months to implement. That is a long time! Not to mention the money involved. But, of course, that’s not going to be you, you say. Those aren’t even close to the costs you’re looking at. Hold on a minute though. Could...
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If you’re into intranet design, you’ll know there are several prestigious intranet award accolades for which the best intranets all over the world are recognised. Companies such as the Nielson Norman Group, the Step Two Intranet, the Digital Workplace Awards, Interact Intranet Awards and the Ragan Awards are just a few of the prestigious intranet award companies reviewing innovation in the field. We’ve looked at the...
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Engage Users. Intranet Design Intranet design is an art form, not a science. It will look different for every organization and definitely should not look like company x intranet if it’s done well. This means tailoring your intranet solution to your company needs and its users. But it’s not so easy for an IT manager or an HR professional to understand the complexities and job...
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To pull off any job successfully requires spotless research, careful planning, unshaken determination, heart of steel, and a team of experts – the mastermind (CEO), an inside man (Human Resources), a vault specialist (Systems Admin in IT), an explosives expert (Corporate Communications), and of course, a getaway driver (Marketing). With all you need in place, this post will map out responsibilities of each member of...
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Social. Mobile. Analytics. Cloud. SMAC and the hype around it has seeped into the idea of enterprise collaboration as well. Today, most enterprise collaboration software providers are using the Social or Cloud as their USP. However, as reported in the article ‘Why no one uses the corporate social Network’ published in Harvard Business Review, most companies have failed in technology deployment when it comes to...
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Just as culture is deeply intertwined with communication and collaboration, people and processes are soiled together. In the absence of a connecting tool that brings processes and employees together, open and transparent organizational culture cannot be created. Today organizational culture has a direct impact on business performance. Therefore it is imperative to build a solid foundation for a supportive culture which can result in positive...
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An intranet portal provides momentum to the growth of a business enterprise. Across the different functions of business and irrespective of the organizational structure that an enterprise may have, speed and agility are factors that greatly affect the sustainability of an enterprise. In other words, agility of the workforce more often than not determines the capability of a business enterprise to navigate across crests and...
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