Tag: digital workplace

June 8, 2020

In the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, many organizations are looking to technology to find a solution to the problems of remote working and even diminished staff numbers as the economic fallout from the crisis kicks-in. Automation, or Robotic Process […]

March 10, 2020

Start with the user interface (UI) and work backwards. That was the advice I shared with search managers developing their existing application or planning a new application during an enterprise search workshop at the recent IntraTeam event in Copenhagen, Denmark. […]

February 21, 2020

Shortcomings in organizational culture are one of the main impediments to company success in the digital age, according to a recent McKinsey survey of global executives. The survey highlighted three digital-culture deficiencies: functional and departmental silos, a fear of taking […]

October 11, 2019

One of the most difficult metrics to determine is exactly how effective social networks or collaboration platforms actually are. Sure, figures about the number of users, or the number of people signed up to the various platforms are issued by […]

October 11, 2019

I’ve written before about how we need to move beyond the ubiquitous “culture survey” into real-time digital sensing, where we draw cultural assessments from how employees actually behave online. The approach is very much in line with HR guru Josh […]

July 31, 2019

Steph Locke, CEO of Nightingale HQ, has 11 interviews scheduled for the next day in her Outlook account. A message arrives: does she need to book some time for herself as well? Well, actually she does, but Locke knows that […]

July 3, 2019

At last year’s ReIimagineHR conference, Garnter estimated that the average organization has undergone five enterprise changes in the past three years. Seventy-three percent of organizations expect more change initiatives in the next few years, and only a small minority expects […]

June 7, 2019

Digitally maturing companies are far more innovative than their less mature — or even traditional — competitors. They also invest more in innovation. And once the digital transformation ball starts rolling, there is no stopping it as these digitally mature […]

November 9, 2018

It would appear that recent findings from the US Bureau of Labor Statics show that productivity increased 2.2 percent in the business sector in the third quarter of 2018 and 1.2 percent over the year. That is good news. However, […]

October 15, 2018

While most of the enterprise collaboration and digital workplace chatter over the past few months has been about Slack and Microsoft Teams, Facebook made a comeback this week, despite recent data breaches and ongoing concerns about data privacy. This week, […]

March 26, 2018

If your business is considering migrating to a digital workplace model, having the right productivity and collaboration tools can make all the difference in making the transition a smooth one. It can certainly increase the chances of being successful in […]

June 21, 2017

One topic could be heard during all of the workshops presented on day one of CMSWire and Digital Workplace Group’s Digital Workplace Experience conference: digital leadership is tougher than ever before. Why? One of the biggest reasons is the five […]

May 27, 2016

It’s hard to discuss the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace until you decide what AI is. Some academics tell us — using lots of words — that AI is computers that think, learn and ultimately act like […]