Does the move from Intranet Manager to Digital Workplace Leader require a new way of thinking? I ask this as, when I look at previous roles and I look towards future roles for myself I see success likely coming from a very different set of skills. Of course Intranet MANAGEMENT and Digital LEADERSHIP (see
Author: Dan Leonard
Intranets @ the movies
You never hear anyone say ‘it’s on the intranet’. So I recently explored the idea of the Death Star intranet. Which got me thinking, what role does the intranet play in movies? We are always seeing people hack into IT systems, but we never really see the intranet. It’s just like people hardly ever go […]
PowerPoint and the brain
I’ve already written about presentations, but now I’d like to look deeper at PowerPoint and how you can use it to maximise the effectiveness of your presentations. David JP Phillips, in a Tedx Stockholm presentation highlights how to avoid death by PowerPoint. In this presentation he highlights a few key
Essential reading. Read this book now!
I’ve started reading more recently. Partly, because I am now reading more to my daughter and partly, because I realised I had a lots of books which I intended to read. It made sense to actually start reading them. One book which was recommended to me recently was ‘Essentialism – the disciplined
7 key skills for presentations
Ever had to sit through a terrible PowerPoint presentation? Whilst the video below is funny, it highlights some of the dangers of presentations. At some time or other every intranet manager has to do a presention. All those stakeholders and vested parties demand it. If like me, you’re one of life’s introverts, you dread these […]
The worst intranet job in the universe?
If I have a bad day at work, I always consider the fact that, as my mum always said, ‘there is always someone worse off’ and sure enough, there always is. For instance, I like to imagine that somewhere, in a galaxy, far, far away there is somebody responsible for the intranet on the Death Star. […]
Why a blog?
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. So having been online for almost 20 years, this is only my second blog. I did have one when I went travelling back in 2000. But with a couple of million blogs out there, never saw the need to add to the noise. So why […]