Field Notes

When a company is 20 people, the CEO can walk to every desk and share what's happening. At 200, that walk becomes a town hall. At 2,000 or 20,000, the distance between the corner office and the front line grows so wide that silence fills the gap.

An employee experience platform centralizes communication, knowledge, and workflows into one digital hub. This guide covers what an EXP does, the features that matter most, the business case for investing in one, and how to choose the right fit.

A CMS intranet uses a content management system to publish and organize internal content. Learn how it compares to purpose-built platforms.

Deskless teams keep businesses running but rarely have access to the same information as office workers, creating a communication gap that breeds disengagement and turnover. That's why we gathered the top frontline-friendly intranets of 2026.

Intranet content audits are crucial, and they don't need to be a big headache. We put this guide and toolkit together to kickstart your best one yet.

Organizations send identical messages to people who work, think, and consume information in fundamentally different ways and then wonder why only half of employees find communications clear and engaging.

While 73% of leaders expect AI to transform their industry within three years, modern intranets continue to offer irreplaceable benefits.

Organizations assume Gmail, Drive, and Google Sites can handle internal communication, then discover the hard way that productivity tools and communication platforms solve fundamentally different problems.

We gathered a collection of over 70 quick tips, insights, and pieces of advice from our conversations with intranet admins at the forefront of their profession.

Discover practical employee recognition ideas and tools to boost engagement, support retention, and enhance your digital employee experience.

In part two of our "Why Intranets Succeed" series, we're going to explore the importance of access: access to information, access to people and resources, and access to the platform itself. There are numerous ways to improve access, and we’ll cover many real-world examples here.

Discover key internal communications metrics, including employee engagement and advocacy, to demonstrate impact and align with organizational objectives.

Why do some intranet projects soar while others flop? Teamwork is a major factor. Learn how a diverse range of organizations built their all-star intranet success team.

G2’s winter reports are live, and we’re thrilled to see Haystack recognized once again as an industry leader. As always, we want to thank every Haystack customer for lending us their ongoing trust and support, and celebrate their dedication to delivering an exceptional digital employee experience.

End users are the largest and most important cohort to consider as you hone your digital employee experience, and there's no shortage of ways to add meaningful value for them.

The Executive Leadership team plays a crucial role in your intranet's success, but it can also play a meaningful role in theirs.

Whether you're searching for a new platform, or for better ways to use the one you have, your intranet can be a significant value-add for your friends in HR and People Ops.

No matter what system you use or where you’re at on your intranet journey, there’s an opportunity to deliver a digital employee experience that everyone can benefit from and appreciate.

It's our goal to build tools that dramatically improve the digital employee experience and give Haystack users superpowers. We’ve been hard at work on one of our biggest updates yet, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

As a company grows, it isn’t long before it reaches a size where it’s next to impossible to know everyone you work with. For organizations with remote or hybrid workers, that limit can come at a smaller headcount. After crossing that threshold, it becomes increasingly difficult for employees to build strong relationships without some form of scaffolding.