LoginSign Up
← Back to all sparks
P

Powell Software

COLLAB
Velocity5.0

Digital workplace and intranet platform for Microsoft 365

powell-software.com ↗

Powell's feed is one homepage-scorer campaign; the actual release note sits outside the window.

intranetemployee-experienceai-readinesshomepage-scorercontent-funneldigital-workplace
◆Current state
Powell's feed is running a single content campaign. Five of the six most recent posts are variations on one theme — why intranet homepages fail and how to grade your own — funnelling toward a free AI homepage diagnostic. The rest is an event recap and templated vertical white papers; the legal and manufacturing cuts of the same 12-question piece went out fifteen minutes apart. No user-visible product change is described anywhere in the recent window.
◆Where it's heading
The messaging is narrowing from broad digital-workplace advocacy to one measurable entry point: the homepage, with an AI scorer as the diagnostic hook that turns an abstract complaint into a number a buyer can act on. Running alongside it is an AI-readiness argument that recasts Copilot enthusiasm and agent sprawl as the disorder Powell's layer organises. Product substance does exist on this feed but is rare — a May 2026 release covering mobile-first navigation, AI and analytics sits just past the six most recent posts.
◆Prediction
Expect the homepage-scorer campaign to keep generating posts and further vertical cuts of the 12-questions white paper, since both are cheap to replicate per industry. Release notes surface here at roughly monthly intervals at best, so the next real product news will likely arrive as a single 'What's new in Powell' post rather than through this content stream.

◆Recent moves

  1. 15d ago

    Gartner Digital Workplace Summit 2026 recap | Part 2

    Part two of a Gartner Digital Workplace Summit recap, keyed to an AI reality check covering Copilot, AI readiness and agent sprawl. It borrows analyst framing to restate the disorder Powell positions itself against; no product detail is present.

    View source ↗
  2. 27d ago

    What a 10/10 intranet homepage looks like

    A best-practices piece defining what a top-scoring intranet homepage looks like, tied directly to the homepage scorer tool. The most explicit funnel step in the current campaign, and entirely advisory.

    View source ↗
  3. 1mo ago

    What Does AI-Readiness Actually Mean? Hint: It’s Not Just Turning AI On

    An argument that AI-readiness is organisational groundwork rather than a feature switch. It is the strategic half of the feed's positioning, sitting beside the homepage campaign, and describes no capability Powell has shipped.

    View source ↗
  4. 1mo ago

    The 4 things that make or break an intranet homepage.

    A four-point checklist on intranet homepage design, opening on a thirty-second attention claim. Near-identical in structure and intent to the other homepage posts in this window — campaign volume rather than new information.

    View source ↗
  5. 1mo ago

    Why employees ignore your intranet homepage – and what it’s trying to tell you

    The problem-statement entry of the homepage campaign, framing employee neglect of the intranet homepage as a diagnosable symptom. It sets up the scorer as the answer without touching the product.

    View source ↗
  6. 1mo ago

    12 questions every legal IT leader should ask before signing with a digital workplace vendor

    A vendor-evaluation white paper aimed at legal IT leaders, published minutes apart from an otherwise identical manufacturing edition. The templating shows this is vertical coverage of a buying checklist, not a change to what Powell offers.

    View source ↗