Forum Discussion
Can IC work without SharePoint savvy?
ALCorbett - there is no doubt in my mind that access to SharePoint expertise will be highly valuable. It sounds like a cliche but a tight partnership between IT and IC is really important. I don't think the IC folks should be tech experts, but having trusted partners in IT who are should be a given.
I recall a conference presentation I attended last year with Swiss agritech business Syngenta on the topic of the importance of bringing IT and IC closer together. Syngenta had experienced a big failure when trying to run a live event, and that was the catalyst for building stronger ties across the teams. (read https://www.linkedin.com/posts/caikjaer_be-honest-be-humble-and-learn-from-your-activity-6986044838102147072-WNmC/ for a short summary).
You'll see that one of the points mentioned was that previously the IC team didn't know what tools were availble, and I'm sure we'd agree that there are loads of things you could do with SharePoint that the IC team had no idea could be done.
Thanks for sharing the link to this post, Cai Kjaer and great to see an example of how IC and IT can work in harmony (eventually!) I once worked a contract to support the company intranet (and four subsidiary websites) which was positioned in IT with a dotted line to communications
While genuinely nice people, those in IT thought intranets were just a waste of time, a corporate mouthpiece and the skills required to run one were (literally) "copy and paste". Equally, I've worked with IT teams who support the intranet concept but simply don't have resource to fully engage with IC teams and limit their involvement to technical support (so, when something breaks). It feels that there is both a cultural and strategic shift which needs to happen before IC teams can have the support they need from their colleagues in IT?