The document discusses how corporate intranets need to be flexible and adaptable to changing business needs and culture. It recommends building intranets using out-of-the-box standard components instead of bespoke custom solutions, and having governance that encourages experimentation rather than locking down systems. The goal is to focus on solving business problems rather than perfecting technology.

1. Accepting the unfinished:
your ever-evolving intranet
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3. Corporate culture is never fixed:
Therefore how can systems keep up?
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4. Stop trying to be perfect:
Speed is more important than perfect tools
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5. Intranets are the means not the ends:
If the tools more important, then its a problem
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6. Recognise that business goals change:
Therefore don’t adopt a fixed position
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7. Intranets are really just platforms:
Infrastructure that free up content
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8. Build straight out of the box:
Bespoke is a luxury that you can ill afford
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9. Switch between standard components:
With standards, experiment with what works
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10. Governance that encourages:
Open ended instead of locking down risks
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12. • An example

13. When technology is less important:
You concentrate on the business problems
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14. Debate
• Is the traditional behemoth intranet dead?
• Are tools more important than the platform?
• How do you manage this?
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