Engaging colleagues with new online tools

Getting people to actually use new tools in the workplace is pretty hard. No matter how cool your new social platform is, your colleagues (except for the super keen) won’t suddenly leap into using it. Instead, you need to think tactically about how you engage workers with new online tools. Here are ten ideas for … Keep reading

Five for Friday – 4 April 2014

Five for Friday is WorkSmart’s weekly roundup of interesting stuff from the week’s reading. Google Chromebooks at work in the fragmented PC era How Gmail Happened: The Inside Story of Its Launch 10 Years Ago A Brief Guide To Selecting A Community Platform SharePoint, how has the caterpillar turned into a butterfly? Big Data: What … Keep reading

A GDS approach to internal systems? Please?

The Government Digital Service is the UK government’s solution to the issue of ensuring that government services are accessible and usable for citizens online. Quite rightly they have received plaudits for their approach to service design and delivery. This is set out in the service standard, a list of 26 criteria that digital services should … Keep reading

What’s on your tablet, Matt China?

Matt China previously worked in local government, where he championed new ways of working in his authority. Due to recent senior management restructure he is now looking for a new job, preferably with a more ‘agile’ organisation. All offers can be sent to Matt via Twitter. Which tablet do you use most? Nexus 7 What … Keep reading