Ever since organisations have existed there has been a need to manage how their people behave by encouraging, sometimes even mandating, how work tasks need to be carried out and by whom.

There can be various reasons for policies: business, regulatory, and legal are the most common. The way that policies are created, updated, and developed has changed very little in my experience working in or with organisations. There will normally be an owner, champion, or stakeholder who will have overall responsibility for creating and managing the policy throughout its life cycle.

When a policy is created or needs to be reviewed it will normally be the owner who will start some form of a consultation exercise.....

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 44 days, 16 hours, 47 minutes ago

This is the fourth in my series of posts showing examples of the savings organisations have made by shifting work to a digital workplace. It draws on my previous posts on how you need to plan your strategy, governance, and management of content, tools, and services for a digital workplace. This is essential to transform your intranet into a digital workplace. The previous posts covered productivity savings, reduced absenteeism, and lower staff turnover.

I will be using examples from the Digital Workplace Group‘s report ‘What is the financial value of investing in digital working?‘ that show what organisations taking the right approach can achieve. This example covers how less, better utilised, physical workspace can save large amounts of money and impact on your organisation’s financial bottom line.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 60 days, 16 hours, 54 minutes ago

As many of you in the UK already know we experienced some bad winter weather in January (yes, even snow in Brighton!). I have seen my neighbours struggling to get their cars started to drive through the snow and ice on the roads. Other neighbours who commute to work by train have seen these cancelled or delayed because of problems caused by the bad weather.

All these I have heard or seen while working from my digital workplace, nice and warm, broadband connection strong and reliable, reflecting on the difference in my working day compared to theirs. Judging by the time they leave for and get back from work, the expressions on their faces, and their conversations at the weekend it makes me appreciate how good my workplace is. I also am sure I was more productive work-wise as well as being happier.

I believe this boils down to another example of what is a good “work/life balance”...

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 108 days, 16 hours, 1 minute ago

In my last two posts on the digital workplace I talked about how you need a strategy with a governance framework to help you create a great digital workplace. In this post I want to cover how a digital workplace can help the engagement of people working in your organisation.

It is vital your Human Resources policies encourage and make it easier for you to work in a digital workplace. You need a culture where the values include sharing of knowledge, openness, and trust.

You need policies that help encourage you achieve your own, your team and overall business goals. You need to show how the digital workplace helps engage everyone more to the business. This can include...

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 128 days, 14 hours, 2 minutes ago

Thank you to everyone who read my last post ‘What is a digital workplace?‘ and contributed to a great discussion helping to define it. Staying with the digital workplace theme I want to show you the views given in my workshop at IntraTeam 2012 event ‘How to build the right governance model for the digital workplace‘ which produced some great responses.

The workshop covered four areas needed for the right level of governance: Ownership, Consistency, Standards, and Integrity.

Read about the outcome and add your views to the discussion.....

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 431 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes ago

BlogAbout meIntranet expertsMedia engagementsMy experienceMy servicesGet IT right for your digital workplaceAugust 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm | Posted in intranet, best practice, value, mobile, digital workplace | Leave a comment Tags: best practice, digital workplace, intranet applications, usability, value

In my previous posts on the digital workplace I have covered ‘Must have digital workplace principles’, ‘5 steps to a great digital workplace strategy’, 7 ways to engage people in a digital workplace,...

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 633 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes ago

BlogAbout meIntranet expertsMedia engagementsMy experienceMy services4 factors critical to good governance in a digital workplaceJuly 27, 2011 at 8:52 am | Posted in intranet, benefit, standards, governance, application, best practice, plan, value, news, web accessibility, strategy, collaboration, digital workplace, mark morrell ltd | Leave a comment Tags: intranet, benefit, Mark Morrell, value, standards, governance, users, usability, best practice, publishing, strategy, digital workplace

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Source: markmorrell.wordpress.com Posted by markmorrell 660 days, 15 hours, 32 minutes ago

In my last post ‘Must have digital workplace principles’ I highlighted the framework your organisation needs to adopt to gain the maximum benefit. To have a successful digital workplace (which I now define as ‘work is what you do, not where you go to’) organisations must have the right strategy, culture, environment and infrastructure to exploit the benefits fully. It needs to become the natural way of working so everyone is more effective and productive and your organisation more efficient and successf...

Source: markmorrell.wordpress.com Posted by markmorrell 669 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes ago