Intranet quotes that shape my work
Every day, I have the privilege of sharing with an extensive and growing intranet community on LinkedIn and Twitter. As I share; I learn. Today I’m posting a collection of quotes from leading intranet practitioners and thought leaders worldwide that I have influenced my thinking.
On Intranets in General
An #intranet manager needs to know more than just the intranet, they need to be across the business system, external comms, HR & legal too (@bridiemarie)
Search is the central intranet resource. How else will great content, people and functionality be found?
Don’t forget the humans! (@brookcalverley)
A revolution doesn’t happen when we adopt new tools, it happens when we adopt new behaviours. (@cshirky)
If the intranet is built by your constituents, and you’ve given them what they want, you’ve increased the odds they will embrace it by tenfold, … The best thing to do is work backward from your customer
21st century employees want to be engaged and trusted. We get work done when and where it makes sense! (@Risgaard)
Employees deserve first-class tools if we’re to have first-class expectations of them
If you’re not measuring [your intranet], it’s just pretty pictures and prayers. (@ivanbager)
An intranet can also be fun (@lukemepham)
You should’t need a manual to use the intranet! (@bsandie)
On Knowledge Management
Knowledge is worth more when shared
We should each know what we all know (Brian Bawden, Bennett Jones)
If the intranet helps you find an expert, a person, then you don’t always have to find info, suggests (@wamurgis)
Email is the place knowledge goes to die (Bill French)
On Governance
Governance is a form of negotiation: control, politics, flexibility and common sense (@MarkMorrell)
Link your intranet strategy to your business strategy (@wedge)
On Social Intranets
Social Business [is about] Connecting knowledge keepers to knowledge seekers (Sarah Goodall)
Culture not technology (@lukemepham)
The very best intranets engage in a dialogue. They engage employees (@http://twitter.com/#!/@tobyward)
Good communication is based on conversations. Therefore, it is natural that internal comm encourages more dialogue. (Peter Straarup, Danske Bank CEO)
If I’ve mis-attributed, please let me know. If a quote is anonymous, it’s because I’m unsure where I’ve heard it (or it might be that they’re my quotes that other people have told me have helped their thinking)
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Great bunch of quotes. Love it.