Poorly designed Intranets decrease productivity

An intranet can be a huge asset to the productivity of your firm, collecting company information in one convenient online location. I wish I knew — our firm doesn’t have an intranet. Many are so poorly designed, however, the time taken to search for information isn’t worth the effort. A recent study found that employees completing the same tasks spent 196 hours on poorly designed intranets, versus 27 hours on efficient intranets. Gee.