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Where are you (and your competitors) on the digital workplace journey?
I don't expect anyone to read every word about my digital workplace journey in this https://www.boye-co.com/blog/2023/6/expert-of-the-month-lesley-crook, but it does explain how and why I moved from ...
- Lesley I could not agree more. I started out my career in journalism and corporate communications and evolved into technology and change management, primarily Microsoft. Being on the other side of the table usually with project management office or project teams on consulting projects, 99.9% of the time I am recommending communications programs to corporate communications departments who are woefully unfamiliar and underutilizing the technologies available to them. Using the tools we have like SharePoint and Teams channels to me to engage employees, and better yet, let them drive the conversation, is something many organizations are still afraid to do. I am an advocate of the message that the benefits outweigh the risks. I still remember when fax machines, cell phones and the big bag WWW came in and were going to destroy the communications profession. What a wild career ride it has been! I love your story and am interested in knowing more about WOL. I haven't come across this in Canada yet.
It always delights me to hear other people’s journey into the DW world. Almost every story is different, and I believe that is one of the strengths of people working around internal communications: people who’re comfortable working between the defined lines of the organisation - a lot of generalists with a broad variety of specialisms.
For what it’s worth, I followed my degree in computer science with a diploma in broadcast journalism. I tried to move into PR and marketing by building websites, but that led me into more web and ultimately intranet work. Some of this was driven by a developing interest in IA, UX, content strategy and design, and user research. I’m a great believer in building content that meets real needs but hope to find better ways that work in the long-term for changing businesses.
For what it’s worth, I followed my degree in computer science with a diploma in broadcast journalism. I tried to move into PR and marketing by building websites, but that led me into more web and ultimately intranet work. Some of this was driven by a developing interest in IA, UX, content strategy and design, and user research. I’m a great believer in building content that meets real needs but hope to find better ways that work in the long-term for changing businesses.
It is priceless and worth it! Thanks so much for sharing your #squigglycareer path, Simon, and looking forward to reading more. I went the other way around and back again with SharePoint internally, then WordPress for my MVP blog, and also social media marketing for businesses I have worked for -- but always in SharePoint along the way, collaborating with Files, and since Teams in Teams and creating noncomplex Sites particularly one-stop shops for customer user adoption training materials, etc.