The Integrify Blog

Recently a friend of mine told me about a data breach at his company that had compromised the personnel details of every employee including social security numbers. He was understandably shaken. The breach was due to an employee in HR responding to an email request that appeared to come from an executive within the company asking for a spreadsheet containing the compromised personnel information. It was another example of an email… View More

As most human resources personnel will tell you, communications matter, and the lines of communication should run in both directions. Regardless of industry, sector or their specific job title, employees want to feel like their voices are being heard and that their opinions are valued. A worker who believes that someone is listening and incorporating feedback is more likely to be more engaged and loyal to the organization than those who feel… View More

No business, small or large can survive by remaining static. Agile companies with a focus on process improvement can play defense against unexpected assaults like: Economic changes The launch of new products or services Changes in regulations Changing leadership Mergers, acquisitions or… View More

A few months ago after reading a blog post about "establishing a morning ritual," I decided that it was time to try improving my mornings. Typically I was waking up anywhere between 7 am and 8 am and then scrambling to get ready for the day and make my train into the city. I started to realize that I was causing myself a number of issues by starting the day in such an inconsistent, disorganized way. Basically, I needed a Morning… View More

Integrify has been named to the 2017 list of "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" by KMWorld. We're proud to be on the list and prouder to be helping knowledge and content management professionals improve the flow of information in their organizations. "The banner of knowledge… View More

In our BPM Guide, we spend a chapter discussing the importance of scoping and prioritizing your business process architecture. When you're breaking down a single, sometimes siloed business processes to move them into an automation platform, you see a limited context for your process. There a no doubt big gains to be made in this limited context, for instance, automating a… View More

As it does each year, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced its 2017 priorities in January and some of the priorities may push firms to focus more on FinTech. This year, broker-dealers, investment advisers, fund complexes and others regulated by the SEC can… View More

If you invested in new workflow management software but can't get people to use it, my grandma would say "you just made a big hole in the water." In fact, it might be even worse. For instance, if you've replaced an existing system with something users no longer value. Even a flawed system may have offered some benefit. Unfortunately, without a good strategy… View More

What is Tribal Knowledge and Why Should I Care? Six Sigma experts describe tribal knowledge in the following way: "Tribal knowledge is any unwritten information that is not commonly known by others within a company. This term is used most when referencing information that may need to be known by others to produce quality product or… View More

Dawn of the Tracking Number Remember the first time you looked up a FedEx tracking number and saw exactly where your package was during it's long journey to your door? Hold that feeling for a moment. A 1995 New York Times article indicates that FedEx started providing package tracking to customers in November of that year.… View More