Essential Intranets: Inspiring Sites That Deliver Business Value by James Robertson

by James Robertson

Intranets have been undergoing huge changes in recent years, but the challenge remains to deliver the greatest business benefits. That’s what makes the launch of our new book so important:

This book demonstrates the power and value of intranets, providing inspiration and insights for all teams, whether new or experienced.

In 280 sharply written pages, this book explores what intranets can do, providing screenshots from great intranets around the globe.

Paperback

First published September 1, 2013

About the author

James Robertson is one of the global experts on intranet strategy and design.

He is the author of Essential intranets: inspiring sites that deliver value, What every intranet team should know and Designing intranets: creating sites that work, the three best-selling intranet books in the world. He has also written over two hundred articles and a variety of best-practice resources, including the Intranet Roadmap.

James is the founder and managing director of Step Two, a vendor-neutral consultancy located in Australia. In this role, he has helped high-profile organisations to develop intranet strategies, both within Australia and internationally.

James has keynoted conferences around the globe, including in the UK, USA, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. As a certified trainer, he regularly runs one and two-day practical workshops on intranet strategy and design, both within Australia and internationally.

James is also a leading specialist on the topic of web content management. He is a founding member of the CM Professionals association, and has helped many organisations to select a suitable CMS.

Reviews

[Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great coverage of ways to make progress on intranets with limited budgets over time. Particularly suits those teams able to deliver in an agile way rather than waterfall. I really like the ideas at the end on getting a spiral of success going. Recommended

[Ed Bierman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book on what it takes to create an effective intranet. Doesn't matter if technology changes, it is all about the user and their experience

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I read this book, I realized the value that it provided to me as it relates to the intranet at my work. We are looking at new ideas for how to build out intranet and this book is full of ideas and thoughts on what makes up a large variety of intranets. It doesn't preach to you that every intranet must have a specific set of characteristics, but rather provides examples of what modern day intranets have and why they have those features. Many of the new features are important in this day, as more and more employees are looking to interact and engage with each other, and that could be around work tasks (in the intranet) to news (in the intranet). Great book to get great ideas.