Making something beautiful doesn’t necessarily make it enjoyable or even useful. Particularly if the format chosen is inappropriate for the interaction.
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Modern intranets for digital business
A modern intranet needs to step-up and provide a digital workspace to assist with the new reality facing many organisations today: scenarios that are increasingly complex, volatile, uncertain and ambiguous
Leading Successful Change Projects
The following presentation was delivered for a SharePoint Business Briefing at Microsoft UK in November 2013. Exploring the 8 steps to introducing change and why so many SharePoint projects fail to deliver the value expected
The Business Value of Platforms
To create business value using a platform such as SharePoint requires knowing when to apply it and when not to. Content management platforms can do many things but that doesn’t mean they do everything well
Two simple tips to reduce email
For all the recent developments in social technology, email remains the dominant form of digital communication. But unnecessary email is a productivity drain.
Creating a collaborative environment
Too many offices are designed for an era of work that no longer exists. Knowledge work benefits from creating a collaborative environment with the emphasis on connecting people, not hiding behind screens
Boston switches from Exchange to Gmail
Boston is replacing its on-premise Exchange messaging platform with Gmail, part of Google Apps, for over 20,000 city employees and with some ambitious targets…
Platform or Application?
Platforms are often criticised when compared to applications for delivering IT solutions. They rarely offer the same richness of features and can often be more complicated to set-up. But that doesn’t mean they are without their own benefits
Collaboration is not the same as social
Whilst the words are often used interchangeably, there are fundamental differences between collaborative team work and participation in a social network
Reducing the cost of printing
Whilst there’s plenty of excitement around emerging trends disrupting traditional business models, sometimes it’s easy to overlook simple improvements that technology can enable