Lendlease migrates to a more collaborative environment with Signagelive

The process has been carried out gradually in the European offices of Lendlease. The cloud-based digital signage solution has since grown to include Web Triggers for real-time messaging and an integrated communication and collaboration system that merges Signagelive y Barco ClickShare.

He Lendlease real estate group has transformed its offices throughout Europe, performing a digital makeover with the help of Signagelive digital signage.

This is a process that has been carried out gradually and that began for the first time in 2013. The cloud-based digital signage solution has since grown to include Signagelive Web Triggers for real-time messaging and an integrated Signagelive communication and collaboration system and Barco ClickShare.

Signagelive-Powered Network Manages Multiple Screens in Company Buildings, including thirty-three in the Paddington office center alone.

The effect of this digital transformation has been, according to Amelia Lara Letterman, Director of Communications at Lendlease Europe, “add value to the company's work environments and build, in each location a true office of the future”.

Signagelive joined this project to respond to Lendlease's need for a more flexible and streamlined solution..

Andrew Crickett, Lendlease Europe Digital CIO, remember that the original equipment was “server-based and, consequently, it was difficult to maintain. “It was often necessary to invest in additional hardware and software”.

Con Signagelive, the company has been able, according to Andrew, fulfill your mission, what was “move to a cloud-based solution, easy, accessible and, besides, You won't need too much additional technology on site with different external players and peripherals”.

Suitable for use with pantallas System-on-Chip of Samsung y LG existing, has been, as confirmed by Andrew, “an easy-to-deploy platform across all company offices and locations in Europe and the UK”. Designed for scalability, Signagelive has provided a cost-effective, future-proof solution that can grow with the business.

The challenge of communication

However, It wasn't just the need for a more agile and easy-to-use solution that drove the switch to Signagelive.

As Amelia Lara explains, The company also had to fulfill an ambitious communication strategy with employees. It was about “increase engagement, scores and harness a greater sense of value, and foster a sense of belonging and, ultimately, a reason to invest and stay in the company”.

With the help of content management system (CMS) Signagelive cloud-based, Lendlease has been able to carry out three steps to achieve this. According to Amelia Lara, has involved the use of displays powered by Signagelive “to celebrate the progress and successes of the company and client teams”. Besides, “the interconnection of its business functions has been achieved, centers and people, and it has been possible to offer staff an overview of the company's strategy.of the company's strategy”.

According to Andrew, were the additional innovations, como Signagelive Web Triggers, those that have helped take company employee communications to the next level. “The team can now use buttons to manually override scheduled content and activate screen alerts for live events.”. “This has given the communications line an immediacy and relevance that increases the commitment and interest of the staff.”.

Thanks to the integration of Signagelive with ClickShare, Lendlease can now also leverage the full potential of both solutions and create an all-in-one communications and collaboration hub.

In Lendlease meeting rooms, ClickShare devices are capable, with the help of Signagelive, to offer digital signage, as well as supporting wireless collaboration.

From installation and deployment, Signagelive digital signage solution has made a significant difference in the daily operation of the company's internal communications.

Regarding the future, Andrew is optimistic and believes that Signagelive, with its continuous developments, will offer the features Lendlease needs to stay one step ahead of the competition. According to Andrew, Lendlease is already studying new Signagelive features, as “new applications for generating reports”, including a Power BI app, that would open “a whole new level of capability within the company”.

The Director of Business Development at Signagelive, Jon Gilbey, concludes that this solution has been particularly effective, “because it is very easy to use for the people who are ultimately going to use the system, that is to say, internal communications and marketing managers”.