MANAGING INTRANET CONTENT

The Ultimate Guide for Digital Workplace Managers & Internal Communicators. Written by Martyn Perks, Digital Workplace Consultant. Content, in how it’s created, published, and managed, is the lifeblood of your organization. But it relies on having the right tools and the right strategies in place. That’s why the intranet is once again at the forefront of internal communications. If you have […]

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Is tech ethics on your radar? Here’s why it should be.

Published on simplycommunicate. Image © simplycommunicate. Am quoted in this article on tech ethics in the workplace: “Being isolated at home or stuck in a makeshift office doesn’t make work easy for anyone. But what employees need more than ever is real, meaningful relationships with fellow team members, managers, and to feel part of the […]

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Leaders find a human touch at a time of crisis

Co-authored with Larraine Solomon and originally published on LinkedIn. Over the last few weeks, we have spoken to many colleagues about how organisations have coped during the Covid-19 pandemic, asking them about the lessons they’ve learnt from it, and how it has made them think differently about the future. Inspired by everyone’s opinions, this is the […]

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Don’t Blame Slack for Ruining Your Work, Blame Your Manager

Photo by antonella brugnola on Unsplash Originally published on CMSwire. The saying goes, a bad workman blames his tools. But a more fitting alternative is we get the technology we deserve.  Articles continue to roll out about how messaging tools like Slack, Yammer, WhatsApp — not to mention the granddaddy of them all, email — are to blame for […]

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“The creative industries are misreading the public”

Originally published on Dezeen. With Brexit the British people have shown a greater appetite for risk than the creative sector, which needs to take the public more seriously or risk becoming irrelevant, says Martyn Perks of the Dissenters Design Network. A general election has been called. No one knows exactly what the UK public will do, but they […]

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Human curation in age of AI

Originally published on Simply Communicate. Netflix has just announced they are using real people to help their users find new movies to watch. They are trialling a new feature called Collections. In their words, it adds a ‘human touch’ to film recommendations when used on their iOS mobile platform. It’s a bold move considering that many other […]

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