Originally published on Unily. One of the most challenging areas for any business is how to capture, keep hold of, and make use of knowledge to sustain and improve business performance. It has a somewhat mysterious and complex quality: it’s more than data, facts or information. Knowledge is the sum of experience, expertise and human […]
Continue ReadingThe Digital workplace in 2018: improving how we work
As the New Year approaches, here we take a look at what will make our digital workplace projects a success in 2018. The year ahead will provide an opportunity to improve the bottom-line, along with cost savings, productivity gains and better engaged workers. It will be essential to achieve these goals in order to secure ongoing digital workplace investment.
Continue ReadingPanel Discussion: How to create a compelling business case for your Office 365 Intranet webinar
Join CMSWire and Unily by BrightStarr for this live, hour-long webinar on how to create a business case that demonstrates your intranet’s value and wins leadership support. Prepare to hear stories from successful business cases and seize the opportunity to ask live questions.
Continue ReadingRelax or Rule: Is Governance Dead?
Originally published on smile london. 20 November | Smile London 2017 In this panel session we look at the tricky issue of governance. Just how much should you set rules for your digital platforms or is it better for adoption to encourage colleagues to do their own thing? On the Relax side of the argument […]
Continue ReadingWearables: Personalisation or Surveillance?
Originally published on Battle of Ideas. Battle of Ideas festival 2017 By 2020, Gartner predicts there will be around 20 billion connected ‘things’ across the globe. While many devices such as wall sensors, smart meters and thermostats may seem mundane, the advent of ‘wearables’ promises to forge a seamless relationship between our digital and our […]
Continue ReadingFrom AI to Big Data: Can Technology Save the NHS?
Originally published on Battle of Ideas. Battle of Ideas festival 2017 At a time of ever-increasing healthcare costs, waiting times and ever-increasing strains on GPs and A&E departments, there is increased urgency in trying to find new approaches to treatment. Against this backdrop of cost-driven strains in patient care, can engineering innovations save the day, […]
Continue ReadingThe roadmap to digital workplace adoption seminar
26 October | BrightStarr / Open seminar, Copenhagen Delivering a digital workplace solution that employees actually adopt requires more than simply implementing the technology. From idea to launch to on-going engagement, your employees must be front and centre to the plan and equipped to make the most of a digital workplace. In this half-day master-class, […]
Continue ReadingNavigation and search with Unily
Original event information on Information Architecture London. Presentation for Information Architecture MeetUp London on how to design for a digital workplace product called Unily. And to debate how designers should think about working with a product where the choices are already made, but equally, where there is no end-point either. Hence, navigation always changes; taxonomy […]
Continue ReadingWho needs governance?
5 October | Intranet Now 2016 It made sense when everyone knew their place. Now times are different. Technology is much easier to use. Staff expect to be trusted. Does governance inhibit trying things out? Should we be more or less controlling of our digital workspaces?
Continue ReadingSmart Dinner: Artificial Intelligence. When will the robots take over?
Originally published on EatofftheMenu Smart Dinner Meetup group Not a day goes by when a world ruled by artificially intelligent machines is posed as a very real and dangerous possibility. Futurologists, scientists, engineers to even artists love to point out that most areas of life are under threat from machines, automation and their algorithms that […]
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