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The 5 worst things you can do to your intranet - By Geoff Scaplehorn - gscaplehorn@contentformula.com

Some companies see their intranets much as they do potted plants: mainly decorative, placed with the intention of cheering up the workplace. Like plants, intranets appear easy to maintain at first glance – but this is not the case. Intranets are fickle and easy to kill: too little attention and the site will wither and die; too much water – or information – and it will drown in a puddle of inaccessibility.

Intranets are an essential tool in the modern workplace, offering a quick and easy way to share information across a department or company. However, this information is useless if no one wants to visit the site. With this in mind, read on for the five worst things you can do to your intranet:

  • Growing an eyesore
  • Opposite extremes: under- or over-watering
  • Out of control: the importance of pruning
  • When everyone wants to look after the plant
  • A dying plant is never watered

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