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 demand attention.

That’s what can help December feel less like a slowdown and more like a quiet reset. With fewer fires to put out, you can wander back into the parts of your digital workplace that haven’t seen love in a while and give them a gentler, more curious look. It might be an old page that no one really trusts anymore or a process that’s been quietly confusing people for months. Updating your archiving, reviewing your information architecture or leaning into search issues your team have reported over the year can all pay dividends, and December gives you the breathing room to poke at these things without the usual rush and make improvements that actually stick.

The best part is the space it creates to think ahead. When you’re not buried in daily requests, you can reflect on what genuinely worked this year and what didn't. It’s just enough of a break to set some firm intentions for the year ahead. Don't write December off as a lost month when it can become the moment where your digital workplace gets a thoughtful, meaningful tune-up, with no holiday sparkle needed.

Check out our Knowledge Base for inspiration!

• Archiving
• Search - including search relevancy ranking and search operators for better queries
• Reporting Library