The Secret Weapon for Faster Employee Onboarding: What HR Won’t Tell You About Instructional Design
New hires walk through the door, excited and ready to get started. Then, the onboarding begins. Endless documents, training sessions that drag on, and information overload. By the time they actually get to work, most of what they learned is already forgotten. Some employees take weeks, even months, to fully settle in. Others hit the […]
Why No One Reads Your Work Instructions—And How to Fix It Before Your Digital Project Fails
Rolling out new software? Hoping employees will follow the work instructions and adopt it smoothly? Most businesses assume people will read the documentation, follow the steps, and get on with their work. The truth? They won’t. Not because they are lazy. Not because they don’t care. But because most work instructions aren’t written for how […]
AI Can Map Your Processes in Seconds—But Are You Using It the Right Way?
Most businesses waste hours manually mapping out their processes. Whiteboards, sticky notes, and long meetings used to be the only way to figure out workflows. Now, AI can generate process maps in seconds—saving time, reducing human error, and making documentation easier than ever. But here’s the catch: if you use AI the wrong way, your […]
The Role of a Technical Writer Is Crafting Clarity and Excellence in Documentation
Technical writing is an essential function in organisations, especially those navigating complex projects and requiring clear, high-quality documentation for both internal and external audiences. As a technical writer, your role extends beyond just producing documents—it’s about making complex information accessible, actionable, and engaging for its intended audience. Technical writing is an essential function in organisations, […]
Your Documentation Is Useless If No One Can Find It—Why PDFs and Word Docs Are Killing Productivity
Employees waste hours searching for answers in buried PDFs and outdated Word documents. When they cannot find what they need quickly, they either make mistakes, ask a coworker, or give up completely. If documentation is not online, searchable, and mobile-friendly, it might as well not exist. Yet, most businesses still rely on clunky, outdated formats […]
No One Reads Your Work Instructions—And That’s Why Your System Rollout Is Failing
Rolling out a new system takes months of planning, testing, and investment. The software is ready. The tech team is confident. The go-live date arrives, and then… Employees struggle, avoid using the system, or create workarounds to keep doing things the old way. The issue isn’t the system itself. It’s the documentation. No one reads […]
Why Your Digital Transformation Will Fail Without a Technical Writer on the Change Team
Businesses spend millions on digital transformation projects. New systems, upgraded platforms, better workflows—it all sounds great in theory. But most of these projects do not fail because of bad technology. They fail because employees do not understand how to use it, processes are not documented properly, and the change team assumes people will figure things […]
Why Being Easy to Work With Matters More Than You Think in Knowledge Management
Work is not just about getting things done. It is about how you work with others. In knowledge management, where teams share, document, and refine critical information, being easy to work with is just as important as the knowledge itself. People Share More With Those They Like Human psychology is simple. People do not share […]
AI Isn’t Replacing Technical Writers—It’s Making Them More Powerful Than Ever
AI is changing how documentation is created. But not in the way people think. It’s not here to replace technical writers. It’s here to supercharge them. Instead of fearing AI, technical writers can use it to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently. Imagine automating the boring, repetitive tasks while focusing on strategy, clarity, and user […]
