The post-holiday period is one of the most practical moments to reset how employees experience your digital workplace. People come back looking for orientation, not inspiration, which makes this a smart time to focus on usefulness over volume. Here's some tips to help get you started. 

Think about the very first interaction employees have when they open the intranet. If the homepage hasn’t changed since December, it’s probably missing an opportunity. A simple “here’s what you need to know this…

December always has that funny overlap where you’re wrapping up the year while already thinking about what’s coming next. As a Digital Workplace Manager, you might feel this more than most. You’re trying to stay present enough to finish the year well, but your brain is already drifting into planning mode. It’s that mix of “we’ve got this” and “please, not another massive roadmap” that makes the month feel both hopeful and a little exhausting.

This is actually a great moment to plan with a bit…

December has a way of drifting by in a blur of half-finished projects and “let’s pick this up in January” conversations, but in your digital workplace it can often provide some surprisingly fertile ground. When the usual stream of requests and content slows and the pressure lets up a bit you can get a clearer view of what’s actually going on. The noise drops, your backlog stops growing, and suddenly you can spot the little things that have been off all year but have never been loud enough to…

When things start sliding into that familiar “let’s circle back after the holidays” mode, your digital workplace can feel like it’s running on half-speed. People are juggling deadlines, travel plans, and a general fog of year-end fatigue, so the usual engagement tactics don’t always land. This is the moment to shift from big, structured initiatives to small, seasonal touchpoints that feel human and are quick and easy to respond to.

A simple message from one of your leaders sharing what the team…

Every successful digital workplace has one thing in common: passionate people who help bring it to life. Tools and features matter of course, but it’s the energy and advocacy of users that ultimately turn your intranet into a thriving, connected community. That’s where user champions come in.

User champions are those early adopters who genuinely believe in the value of the digital workplace and want others to experience that same benefit. They’re curious, enthusiastic, and naturally inclined to…

I received a question from a customer the other day that got me thinking: how should you handle controversial or divisive conversations in your digital workplace? It’s a tricky balance, encouraging open dialogue while protecting community culture and respect.

When discussions in the digital workplace start to cross the line, the goal isn’t to shut them down, it’s to guide them constructively. A clearly worded, easily accessible internal communications or intranet usage policy can set the tone…

Your organization is a living thing that grows and changes over time. To maximize the impact of your digital workplace, it should evolve alongside the needs of your organization and employees, backed by data and aligned to a long-term strategy. If that sounds daunting, don’t worry. The Digital Workplace Excellence Program is a simple way to maximize your tech investment by managing digital workplace growth, user engagement, and alignment with organizational goals.

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Hybrid workforces, the great resignation, and the ongoing pandemic have been major driving forces for organizational change in the last couple of years. As businesses shift to a more digital workplace, new technologies are being adopted at a rapid pace to ensure operations and productivity are minimally disrupted. However, as the workplace acquires more digital solutions, the onus is on the employee to keep up with these new applications and have more places to navigate — creating a fractured…