Why is your intranet not delivering its potential?

I'd like to invite you to download a copy of an article I wrote that was published in the June issue of VIP (Free Pint Limited) You can read the press release here, and download a pdf of the article itself on my web site in the Documents section: Why is your intranet not delivering its potential?" 

A few quotes from the article:

• “Contrary to the impression one gets at conferences and when reading technology oriented websites and magazines, portals are not yet a reality in many organisations."

• "Intranets are reaching out to the individual. Today's fragmented desktop is slowly but surely moving towards integration, personalisation, real-time communication and increased interactivity."

• "It is striking to see that 2.0 integration into intranets is happening faster where senior management considers the intranet to be 'business critical' or 'very useful'."

• "There needs to be at least one senior manager with ultimate responsibility for the intranet. This person must be business-oriented and knowledgeable in IT or expert in IT and able to understand and talk business."

• "The intranet should be part of the senior person's job description, and treated as seriously as other strategic initiatives or programmes. This means having a mission statement for the intranet, objectives, and a strategy and plan with timelines and deliverables and, of course, allocation of resources that match the level of the ambition of the organisation. In other words, senior management must 'walk the talk'."