Blog posts

    Microsoft Teams & Viva: the new central hub for company culture and employee wellbeing

    The current rate of Microsoft Teams adoption is monumental. This trend has been excelling for the last few years. Statistics show staggering rises, for example between 2019 and Q2 2021 the number of Microsoft Teams users jumped from 20 million to 145 million.

    5 ways to enhance employee experience and improve intranet engagement

    Digital working practices are now a fundamental aspect of most people’s working lives. The reliance on intranets and digital workplace software has increased tremendously during the pandemic. The likes of Microsoft have seen a huge uptake of digital workplace software (Microsoft 365) as businesses look to technology to keep employees connected. 

    Microsoft Advanced Specialization: Custom Solutions for Microsoft Teams

    ClearPeople is the first Microsoft partner to globally achieve this new Microsoft Advanced Specialization. This is an incredible achievement that we are all proud of.

    Why is focus shifting to Employee Experience Platforms?

    The aim of an employee experience platform is to help employees bring about balance to their working lives. The modern working life is becoming increasingly digitalised. This has many benefits including more flexibility and convenience within the working day.

    The most common hybrid workplace challenges

    One outcome of the pandemic has been the focus on hybrid working and how to make it work. Hybrid and remote working has become the norm while organisations are still adapting to the technology and culture that can fully support it.

    Agile and remote working principles create a winning formula for hybrid working practices

    We have noticed that our clients who have successfully transitioned to remote working have a common trait: an agile mindset. 

    Hybrid working strategy at a team level

    In my last blog, I looked at Hybrid Working and the key questions any organisation should be addressing in developing an effective Hybrid Working Strategy (HWS). 

    Community sample: Engage your users with SharePoint stories/reels

    Would it not be cool to engage your Modern Workplace users with content appearing like in your favourite social network? In my latest community sample, I built an SPFx webpart to do so. Here is how I did it, but first, this is how it looks:

    D&I Portal - supporting a Diversity & Inclusion Communication Strategy

    Diversity and Inclusion is being treated by some organisations as a key business strategy. Experts are unanimous in that Diversity and Inclusion is not a “project”. 

    Hybrid working strategy at a company level

    A great Hybrid Working Strategy (HWS) will be unique to a business and so, to help you get it right for your business, I thought I’d share some of the key questions.