Faxing financial results, and emails over dead bodies at Royal Mail

By Alex Manchester, Editor, The Internal Comms Hub (Australia), Melcrum

Sue Dewhurst has written a post over at the Black Belt Dojo that looks at how internal communications has changed over the years.

"Not much" is the verdict, but the channels have changed significantly. I wonder how much internal communication will have changed in the next ten or more years. The channels will no doubt have changed again.

In Sue's post, email was the new thing, while Emma comments that she used to have to fax the company results to every single office.

What will we think about internal blogging in the future?

How much will the firewall still exist?

Will the written word still be as important or will we all just be video conferencing via 100Mbs fibre optic, 10 Gigapixel webcams that are part of our screens?

Any predictions welcome...

Comments

[Annie Waite]

I honestly think internal blogging will become the norm - it'll simply have to. It'll be expected by emerging generations and if that kind of culture isn't prevalent in a potential company they're scoping out, these jobseekers will think the company either has something to hide, or is entrenched in older ways of working or communicating, and therefore back away in favour of a more modern approach.

I was talking at our Intranet 2.0 conference last week about this with a few of the delegates and it still surprises me how many companies are reluctant or refuse so far to have even internal blogs.