Want to know what the corporate giants do?

IntranetAre you interested in corporate intranets? What about finding out what the world’s biggest blue-chip companies do behind their firewall? How do they manage information and communication across such big organisations?

IBF are hosting a 24 hour online collaborative event focused on intranet innovation, and are expecting hundreds of the world’s largest organisations to join in, sharing best practices and learning from each other.

Astonishingly, this is a chance to visit some of the world’s most advanced intranets, corporate portals and information workplaces - behind the firewall! This should be an extraordinary event …
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by Lucy and filed under All stakeholders, Best Practices, Ideas and Trends | 1 Comment

He got paid how much?

We recommend that for transparency and openness, information about the remuneration of management and their share options, should be drawn out and specified explicitly on the site, not left buried in the annual report.

Ideally, this would also be linked to information about the remuneration policy, and to information about the directors’ dealings in the company shares.
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Lucy and filed under Best Practices, Consumer goods, Corporate governance | Leave a Comment

7 steps to yes: How do I find out more?

Your potential recruit is now seriously interested in your company. They have:

7 steps to yes

How can they find out more? How many ways can they reach you? Here are a few options:
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by Lucy and filed under Best Practices, Careers, Guides | Leave a Comment

Probably the best IR site in the world

Of course, Carlsberg do have an investor relations site, and theirs is pretty good … but let’s go with the famous fantasy of “Carlsberg don’t do X, but if they did, it would probably be the best X in the world”.

The best IR site in the world would probably look like this:

Personalised

Recognising me, the best IR site in the world would present me with personalised information. Perhaps it would:

Customisable

The best IR site in the world would let me choose the information I wanted to see as a priority on my regular visits.

I’ve already suggested that the site could personalise its presentation of information based on who I am, but I’d also like to be able to tailor the presentation for my personal preferences.

I could select elements from the range of information available that I would like to see on my IR home page, and on each visit, that is the information that would be presented first. Clearly the rest of the information should also be available, but if I have chosen to have, say, a three-month share chart, details of the latest AGM and the 5 most recent news headlines on my home page, that is what I would see.

Interactive

The best IR site in the world would help me to:

Such a site would also let me know if there were significant changes to the data on the site, or to the share price (based on boundaries that I had set) and would remind me of events that I might want to be aware of, or to attend, using whatever method I preferred (RSS, email, text message, IM …)

Easily accessible - and pleasing to the eye

I would also want the site to be available to me whatever the tool I am using to read it with (or listen to it with) - and whatever my personal physical abilities might be. I would also want to enjoy using the site, so it has to be stylish as well as accessible.

I suppose asking for a cold beer on top of all that might be a step too far - even for the best IR site in the world?

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Lucy and filed under Best Practices, Consumer goods, Ideas and Trends, Investor | 6 Comments

7 steps to yes: what are my options?

How can you help your potential recruits apply for the best job for them? Perhaps more urgently, how can you stop them wasting your time (and theirs) by applying for the wrong positions in your organisation?

7 steps to yes
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Posted on March 3, 2008 by Lucy and filed under Best Practices, Careers, Consumer services, Guides, Technology | Leave a Comment