How absolutely frustrating is it to be asked to complete a task, judged by the quality of the task’s completion, but not be given adequate tools to actually do the task or, worse, the knowledge of what to do? Many employees find themselves in this situation without a way to dig themselves out. While an intranet or two may have been introduced historically in organizations, there is a lack of adoption and a failure to pass the “will and means” test. Intranets can no longer be just cluttered file sharing sites or a page full of links. It’s time to mend this leaky bucket of a technology for an integrated, single source of truth for the organization.
A modern intranet, while only a word a way from its wayward cousin, has a whole new arsenal of capabilities that make them much more fitted to the digital universe. Modern intranets deliver on the promises broken by legacy intranets. They provide the connection, reporting, and efficacy that businesses have been awaiting.
Modern intranets should also not be viewed as single portals but a connection of multiple experiences across the digital experience. Rather than thinking as we have in the past, that each intranet serves a single unique purpose, we need to see modern intranets as an integrated network of connected experiences.