Earlier this month we talked about the intranet’s role in preparing for and recovering from catastrophe. But are you prepared for a zombie apocalypse?

So-called digital workplace ‘experts’ claim that people are the heart of every business, and that a central function of an intranet is to help people to find each other, so they can work together. But that overlooks a significant risk – that a zombie could use your intranet to track down people and EAT THEIR BRAINS. We’re hopeful this post finds you in time.

Friday – you know the drill. Its time for us to share the best of this weeks intranet related interwebery.  All of the Intranetizen crew have been busy in the real world – but we still found time to click a few links and get some knowledge.

Maybe you’ve got a new boss determined to make their mark or you’ve got an intranet platform that was coded by Noah? Whatever the reason, at some point in your intranet career, you’re bound to be involved in a big intranet re-launch. Towards the end of the project, when you’re all exhausted, creativity diminished and you’re considering alternative careers, you’ll no doubt decide on your launch strategy. To help you on the way, here are some ideas tried, tested (or at the very least, collected) by the Intranetizen team.

Friday again! Where does the time go? An excellent #intranet week this week: Clarks winning the Gold award at the Digital Impact Awards, and the IBF meeting in London. But if you do nothing else this week, catch up on your reading with our selected highlights of the blogs, forums and news sites.

This week marks 25 years since the Great Storm of 1987, widely (but erroneously) considered the only UK hurricane in living memory. 23 people died in the storm, which also caused £7.8bn worth of damage, cut power to thousands of homes and drove transport to a halt as fallen trees blocked roads and train lines.

But one of the less-well-known consequences was in the financial markets.  Severe travel problems across the south of England meant few traders managed to struggle into work in London on Friday 16 October 1987. Unfortunately this coincided with the Hong Kong and Tokyo stock markets crashing and financial crisis spreading west through Europe.