Getting this support comes down to having a clear idea of what the intranet is for (on the part of management as well as staff on the job) and a strategy for making it happen. These are some of the ‘real’ problems with intranets which I alluded to on Thursday.

But things are changing, as intranets get a better wrap and the right approach gains acceptance and popularity. Step Two do a lot of work around this area, and have written many articles too.

Thanks for speaking at the WSG meeting - I enjoyed your presentation & was interested to hear about innovation in intranets.

One thing I thought of later, that might account for a lack of interest in intranets is that they don’t seem to get allocated the resources that external facing/public sites do. It’s not impossible but it’s harder to deliver value/have fun without adequate time or budgets.

Is this actually a problem? If so are there any signs that things are changing?

Patrick Kennedy has posted on why web designers should care about intranets. To quote: Last night I presented my talk on intranets at the Sydney Web Standards Group meeting. I spoke about the topic of two of my recent posts,……