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HR is From Venus, IT is from Mars

“Ugh. IT want more information before they’ll approve the new platform. We need it straight away!” “Bah! Who do they expect to fix this when it breaks? HR have no idea.” With more business ...

Strengthening Security: The Weakest Link

By Claire Walker | Communication, Digital Workplace, People

88% of data breaches are caused by human error – Stanford University Despite advancements in technology, when it comes to security, we humans can be the weakest link in the chain. Whether ...

Keeping Your Employee Intranet Secure

By Joel Handler | Digital Workplace, People

As the central repository for sensitive information and documents in your organisation, securing your employee intranet from unauthorised access and cyber attacks should be a top priority. With ...

Cultivating Happy & Connected Hybrid Work Teams

By Joel Handler | People

Many organisations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic had to shift their workforce to remote work. With employees gaining a taste for more flexible working arrangements, it’s likely that a ...

Transitioning to Hybrid – How Your Intranet Can Help

By Claire Walker | People

As vaccination targets are met, organisations are looking to welcome employees back to the office while still embracing the positive changes that the last 12 months have delivered. While the ...

8 Cringe-Free Remote Team Building Activities

By Chloe Dervin | People

Team leaders, internal communicators and HR professionals have had a tough gig lately. We need to build culture and shared experience, but the usual ingredients are off the menu. No Friday night ...

Onboarding your new team member… remotely

By Claire Walker | Digital Workplace, People, Productivity

Welcome to the team! Please stay away. After the arduous journey of securing budget, advertising, interviewing and hiring a new employee, the last thing you want is for them to leave. ...

Digital Workplace Success: Information Architecture

By Claire Walker | Digital Transformation, People

Information architecture (IA): it sounds hard and complicated and not like the fun job of designing a digital workplace was supposed to be for the Communications team. Never fear, it can be ...

Digital Workplace Success: The Right Team

By Claire Walker | Digital Transformation, People

Would you ask a plumber to fix your watch? How about a voice coach to teach your kids soccer? It’s amazing how often organisations expect existing team members to run a Digital Workplace project ...

Digital Workplace Success: Executive Support

By Claire Walker | Digital Transformation, People

It's not from lack of effort that I see Digital Workplace projects failing. It's not from lack of trying, or not enough people being involved, or not enough money. It's just that some ...

What is a Digital Workplace and why do you need one?

By Claire Walker | Digital Transformation, People, Productivity

The term ‘Digital Workplace’ was first coined by Paul Millar, CEO of Digital Workplace Group (DWG) in 2009 as “… the collection of all of the digital tools provided by an organisation to allow ...

Have your EOFY cake and eat it with SaaS

By Claire Walker | Innovation, People

With EOFY just around the corner, the race to make our balance sheets healthy and shiny is on. It is also a good time for reflection upon the investments that really make a difference to our ...