In our experience, pretty much every organisation is searching for new tools to improve the way employees connect, collaborate and communicate. That’s why so many have fallen over themselves to invest in Microsoft 365 with its flexible features that can help achieve that goal. Unfortunately, that flexibility can also be its downfall: without planning, things can quickly spiral out of control. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it’s really difficult to get it back in.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing! When you’re rolling out new tools at speed – like in the early days of the pandemic – you don’t always have the time to consider who should have access to each of your apps, to clarify which tool to use when, and agree how everything fits together to create your digital workplace.

When you let your colleagues find their own way through the maze of Microsoft 365, they can feel overwhelmed, confused and frustrated. The result? Communication falls apart, important data and documents are lost, and confusion rather than collaboration rules the waves.

If your organisation has switched on 365 without talking to your team about a digital workplace strategy or a comms plan, you’ll know how that feels, with users unaware of what tools are available to them or how to use them. You’ve got access to a Ferrari but everyone’s still driving around in Skodas!

In a perfect world you’d roll out new tools with careful planning and an informed digital strategy, but if you haven’t, it’s not too late.  We can help you tame the genie that’s been unleashed and, if not return it to its bottle, help to put your organisation back on track so users feel the full benefits of new ways of working. Sequel’s experienced team can:

• Analyse the apps you’re using and how, then help you to organise them into a logical, coherent digital workplace
• Help you to refine apps like Teams, Yammer and OneDrive so that they’re set up in a way that’s appropriate for your organisation
• Work with you to develop a communication strategy for your entire organisation, so people understand the uses and benefits
• Work with comms teams, HR and IT to develop bespoke ‘how to’ guides, one-pagers and employee training in a language that people understand.