Intranet imperatives

In evaluating our intranet….and constantly looking for ways to make incremental improvements, I figured our team needed some mantras. A direction. Clear priorities that would act as our touchstones for deciding whether or not to pursue a change.

So here they are:

Share it now. Find it fast. Make it mine.

That’s it.

Employees collaborate – share ideas, documents, photos, videos and other assets…in short, information. They should be able to do so easily. Now. What can we put in place to make this a reality? An internal YouTube, a simple wiki for reference information (based on open source MediaWiki), etc.

People want to find information, assets, whatnot, quickly. We need to facilitate that with a kick-ass search functionality and intuitive/simple navigation.

And of course it’s important to tailor the information to the individual. Primarily push-comms is SO 1990’s. It’s all about making information readily available for people to subscribe. RSS is key. A flexible software framework, paramount.

Now…it’s about delivering against this vision. We’re on our way. Slowly chipping away at the easier wins, and the key areas.