Sam Marshall
Sam Marshall is the owner of ClearBox Consulting and has specialised in intranets and the digital workplace for over 17 years, working with companies such as AstraZeneca, AkzoNobel, TUI Travel, Sony and SABMiller. His current activities focus on intranet and digital workplace strategy, the business side of SharePoint, and the use of enterprise social tools.
Sam was responsible for Unilever"s global portal implementation, leading the roll-out of over 700 online communities to 90,000 people and consolidating several thousand intranets into one.
Contact: sam@clearbox.co.uk or @sammmarshall
Articles by Sam Marshall:
How KM and IT Can Get Along
Monday, 4th April 2016
Although KM and IT departments often need to work together, there can be tensions. Some of the friction arises from differing world views, and simply being aware of these can help smooth the way. In many organisations there is also a gap that KM could fill which would be mutually beneficial: the deeper adoption of knowledge-worker tools.
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