It should be no surprise that a company with such a rich history of innovation, including the creation of the original Post-It Note, could also conquer the challenge of creating a truly global intranet. The 3M case study humbly reminds us that even a complicated organization can deftly design an attractive and easy-to-use intranet that entices its users to keep coming back for more.
Team members shown here (back row, left to right): Meghan Keating, Paul Raimondo, Silvia Stahn, Jennifer Besadny; (front row, left to right): Laurie Workman, Laura Opsahl, Krysta Neisen, Tracy Kodluboy. Not pictured: Tonya Gale, Max Blair, Nancy Brandt, Steve Yetter, Mike Lynch.
Anthem, Inc.
A remarkable HR section, an “access to everything” dashboard, hearty employee profiles, and a comprehensive homepage help Anthem employees be highly productive and feel in control. Experiencing the peaceful visual color palette in the design is just one more benefit of using Pulse.
Team members shown here (top row, left to right): Peter Lobred, Ramesh Aki, Mike Berry, Sanjeeva Kodimala, Christian Jansen, Brendan McGarret; (second row, left to right): Amanda Aszman, Andre McMillan, Anthony Francisco, Arlen Vargas, Barbara Howrey, Brian King, Calvin Grier; (third row, left to right): Cole Smith, Daniel Smith, Devi Shailender, Dinesh Bandari, Doug Glaze, Emily Gosselin, Harsha Kakumanu; (fourth row, left to right): Jennifer Minder, Joe Moro, Kamalakar Peta, Leslie Williams, Mary Katherine Lane, Prashant Baliyan, Raja Raja Chozhan Velayutham; (fifth row, left to right): Rajani Saini, Rajvi Jariwala, Raviknth Kolagatla, Shiva Ram Krishna Pandla, Sourav Mohapatra, Srikanth Narala, Subhashree Mishra; (bottom row, left to right): Suresh Loganathan, Tim Schluttenhofer, Veera Vantipalli, Vengadessane Sittanandam, Vikas Reddy Yelguru, Whitney Kelso.
BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)
The BHP intranet offers impressive search features, strong support for collaboration across time zones, and rich news and applications. These features and many more help BHP employees rise to any occasion and shine.
Current team members shown here (top row, left to right): Amit Bagde, Vineet Desai, Carl Bergman, Angela Jackson, Laura Clifton-Jones, Christopher Cohen, Alan Ong; (second row, left to right): Kirsten Aldrich, Tripurari Tripathi, Joe Goodman, Ujjwal Dhingra, Mohan Sirur, Siraj Shaik, Chris Luffman; (third row, left to right): Navya Dibbidi, Deevyanshu Yogi, Manish Kumar, Ankit Middha, Namrata Lohani, Priya Dudeja, Munish Gumber, Vipul Sharma; (bottom row, left to right): Jayshri Tayade, Sayalee Dandekar, Manasi Karnade, Rinkal Thadani, Vedashree Selukar, Lalita Desale, Raj Chauhan, Shobhit Agarwal, Ajinkya More, Hrushikesh Avhad, Selvin Rajendran, Amol Khalipe, Sagar Purankar, Mihul Singh, Shreyas Prasad Urs, Deepa Cheluvarjau.
Duke Energy
Thoughtful web parts and a thorough guide to their use are just two of the above-and-beyond elements that make The Portal a consistent, brand-supporting, and easy-to-use site. This portal does far more than simply promise links to content: It exceeds expectations and quickly and concisely delivers more information than users typically expect.
Team members shown here (back row, left to right): Clark Kearns, James Bowen, Jerry Wells, Greg Wright; (second row, left to right): Chris Greufe, Lauren Nguyen, Debbie Nobida-Jones, Stacey Krespan, Karissa Martindale; (front row, left to right): Martha Brown, Will Natta, Capricia Townes, Sarah Doran.Additional team members shown here (left to right): Nyra Constant, Kiley LoCascio, Doug McGuirt, Brian Neese, Bermon Painter.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
The themes of this redesign are freedom and flexibility. Stepping as far away as possible from the previous intranet’s design (which was old and rigid), the new EBRD intranet allows users to customize the homepage and apps list (among other things) and lets all employees write and be responsible for the intranet’s highly diverse content.
Team members shown here (top row, left to right—EBRD): Nigina Mirbabaeva, Bojan Vukasinovic, James Bregman, Benedetta Maisano, Nicole Minkova, Dylan Bell, Andy Dean; (middle row, left to right—EBRD): Rosanna Vellacott, Robert Dillon, Yuki Kijima, Luigi Zoso; (VASS IT): Pedro Gutierrez, Nathan Nelson, Noelia Alonso; (bottom row, left to right—VASS IT): Racan Osman, Gerardo Rodriguez; (Manifesto Digital): Rich Williams, Yasmin El-Amery, Emilie Vaillant, Mark Ellis, Adi Harari.
Flight Centre Travel Group
Content accuracy and assembling everything employees need in one place are features emphasized in this pleasing design. PILOT pulls together a wealth of information, tools, and applications in a way that lifts Flight Centre employees to their full productivity potential.
Team members shown here (top row, left to right—Unily): Matthew Boyd, Hannah Winthrop, Martyn Perks; (bottom row, left to right—Flight Centre): Tessa Buckman, Ana Orbe, Elyse Langenegger.
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
The subtle, terse-texted, nearly graphic-free design of IBM’s Bluemine platform happily takes the backseat to the far more important market-intelligence reports, which are the site’s true focus. A robust search, a select few pieces of promoted content, a customizable bookmarks page, and extensive help tools make it possible to find an entire world of priceless competitive research in just moments.
Team members shown here (top row, left to right): Cynthia Wang, Allison Hwang, Jerry Peitzman, Jordan Powell, Elysia Hwang, Kevin Zhou, Sarah Elix, Chris Magdalenski; (second row, left to right): Ivette Morello, Kristen Zelenka, Radcliffe Saddler, Makrand Patwardhan, Allen Montejo, Alyne Goncalves Prado Aguiar Martins, Deepanjali C S, Jaspreet Singh; (third row, left to right): Kam Yee, Karthick Rao, Krithi Urubail, Lakshmi Manyam, Mahendran Nagarajan, Matthew Mead, Richard Tacsion, Richard Nesbitt; (fourth row, left to right): Sanjiv Kumar, Shreyas Ms, Shyamal Shivam, Sudharkar Kuntumalla, Swaroop Shastri, Venkata Sp Krishna Betty Zeugin, Brian Kulak; (fifth row, left to right): Avinash Kohirkar, Alison Gregory, Debbie Bunnell, Flemming Hansen, Hana Heringova, Kirsty Haynes, Margot Juros, Marie Nuccio; (bottom row, left to right): Michael Golas, Radhika Jodhani, Rishabh Jain, Robert Vanderheyden, Sushma Vasudevan, Tushar Pagar. Not pictured: Arul Natarajan, Panduranga Bhandarkar, Praveen Sr, Santhosh Brugubanda, Rajesh Sharma, Shanmugha Rajarathinam, Deepak Gopalanz.
Lamprell Energy Limited
Set goals, measure, and be transparent about it. These are the qualities of great businesses that students learn about in business school—and exactly the kind of information that LamprellConnect shares. Key charts and statistics support employees and teams in understanding what they should be doing, how they are doing, and whether they need to recalibrate.
Team members shown here (left to right): Jenu Varghese, Sohail Iqbal, Shumon Zaman, Syed Tasaduq, Mohammad Asgher, Sathish Kumar.
Messer Construction Co.
This site caters meticulously to its two general user types: the business and the skilled trade. MyMesser is rich with features and content; its most compelling areas include safety information, jobsite checklists and cameras, department and regional sections, news, and thorough process flows.
Team members shown here (back row, left to right): Adam Keller, James Grizzle, David Brun, Matthew Tallman; (second row, left to right): Zac Brumbaugh, Kim Schaff, Scott GrotHaus (tablet), Jessie Folmar, Jackiedra Wilson, Michelle Hendrickson, Susan Critzer, Blake Porter, Andy Burg (tablet); (front row, left to right): Katie Cozad, John Carder (tablet), Bethany Smith, Nick Apanius (tablet).
Norwegian Government Security and Service Organization (Departementenes sikkerhets- og serviceorganisasjon (DSS))
What a pleasure to experience the outstanding and innovative personalization and search functions ministering to ministry employees. The common design platform across multiple government intranets and the content-sharing feature are other notable elements that inspired us to vote a resounding “ja!” for this design.
Core team members shown here (back row, left to right): Torbjørn Vagstein, Stig Nappen, Mette Haga Nielsen, Rune Løvnæseth, Shanmugathas Asaipplillai; (front row, left to right): Kristine Brodahl, David Rooke, Hilde Kari Sundet, Petter Thorsrud.
Key external resources shown here (left grid, top row, left to right): Ingrid Håland, Vidar Olsen; (second row, left to right): Martin Falck-Ytter, Carl Lundblad; (bottom row, left to right): Stig Kulvedrøsten, Bjørn Tennøe.
Ministry intranet editors shown here (right grid, top row, left to right): Silje Lindebrekke, Gunn-Åse Kyrvestad, Ajfer Husejin, Guttorm Aanes; (second row, left to right): Finn Mølmen, Eline Bjerke, Rune Akselsen, Ellen Brit Sekkelsten; (third row, left to right): Marta Haga, Tor Martin Bærum, Anita Sletten, Øyvind Sæther; (bottom row, left to right): Åshild Sæther, Liv Nodeland, Hilde Marie Høberg, Nina Ludvigsen.
Full Report
The Intranet Design Annual with full-color screenshots of the 10 winning intranets for 2019 is available for download.
