Stop for a moment and think about all the tools you use in your work life. I bet the ones you use daily sprang to mind pretty quickly, but there are probably others you use every few weeks or months that were harder to recall. Here at InterWorks, we have a tools page with 79 links that doesn't even cover everything we all use as a company.
Last Updated: 2023-03-09 21:44:15

Unlocking the Power of Your Data with a Curator Intranet

Ben Bausili
Global Experience
Practice Director
March 9, 2023

Your Proverbial Tool Belt

For most of us, that's where the internal intranet comes into play. They help us tame the great wilderness of tools and assets, providing employees with easy access to information, resources and communication. However, with the growing importance of data in today's business world, it's essential that your intranet also provides access to the data and insights that employees need to make informed decisions. This often involves the manual work of generating embed codes and building out pages to include analytics content or getting your IT to develop a solution.

Curator removes these roadblocks by making it easy to create a custom intranet, import all your analytics content and deliver a better employee experience, thus helping your company use data to make better decisions. In a nutshell, Curator is a website builder that anybody can use and integrates seamlessly with some of the most common tools, like Tableau, Power BI and ThoughtSpot. We also make it easy to do manual embeds for any tool that supports it, meaning you can bring many of your existing tools (analytics or not) into a single user interface for your employees. All of this unlocks your data's power and provides employees with the insights they need to make informed decisions.

Using Curator for your internal intranet provides you with five major benefits:

Improved Data Access: By embedding data analytics and visualization tools into your intranet with Curator, you can make it easier for employees to access and work with your data. This can help to improve the accuracy and timeliness of data-driven decisions, leading to better outcomes and improved performance.
Enhanced Collaboration: By providing employees with easy access to data analytics and visualization tools, Curator can help to improve collaboration and information sharing within your organization. This can help to reduce silos and foster cross-functional teamwork, leading to more effective and efficient decision-making. Curator also supports features such as data write-back, commenting and sharing to further enhance collaboration.
Improved Insights: Curator has powerful customizations that allow almost every aspect of the site to be customized by user group. Customization means the right data analytics and visualization tools are in front of your teams. For example, you can create a homepage for your executives so the first thing they see our their key business metrics, such as sales, customer behavior and market trends.
Streamlined Processes: By using Curator, it's faster to embed your reports and more straightforward to provide proper data governance. Curator has features such as Batch Import that allow you to bring analytics content into the system simultaneously but also has convenient features to sync content from specific sites or folders on an ongoing basis. These features help empower your data governance processes allowing Curator to serve as your home for production analytics. When users trust the content, user adoption goes up.
Increased Productivity: With easier access and better discovery, Curator can help to increase productivity and improve decision-making. No more wondering where content is located. Instead, a single search in Curator will allow you to look across all of your production systems and content. This can help to drive growth, reduce costs and improve the overall performance of your business.

Your Curator Intranet

In conclusion, Curator helps companies unlock the power of their data through a data-integrated intranet. When all your data is in a single analytics hub, it's easier to find and more likely to be used. You'll benefit from improved data discovery and enhanced collaboration while providing employees with more accessible insights to make informed decisions. Curator is a critical component in making this happen quickly and cost-effectively. Whether you're looking to streamline processes, increase productivity or drive growth, Curator can help you to achieve your goals and get the most out of your data. If you want to take your first step in empowering your org with a new intranet, contact us for a free consultation.

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