Intranet Management ThoughtFarmer Reveals 2026 Ebook with 39 Actionable Learnings and 13 Playbooks from Award-Winning Intranets Recognizing excellence in engagement, transformation, impact, and design across ThoughtFarmer's global customer base Tricia Burton 6 minute read • Updated May 13, 2026 Table of contents You might also like… Intranet use cases Learn about effective intranet use cases ThoughtFarmer examples See our LookBook intranet examples Navigate intranet vendors See how G2 ranks industry competitors ThoughtFarmer, a leading intranet software provider, has released the 2026 Award Winning Intranets ebook featuring winners of its Best Intranet Awards. The ebook includes 39 actionable learnings and 13 proven intranet playbooks drawn from the most competitive submission field in the program’s history: 53 entries representing more than 34,000 employees. This year’s winners span a range of industries and organization sizes, each demonstrating what a well-built intranet can achieve: Best Intranet for Engagement: RICK The RICK Hub earned top honors for driving organization-wide participation through recognition, community, and gamification. 86% of employees have earned gamification medals and 93% maintain active profiles across the 400-person planning, engineering, and design firm. Best Intranet for Transformation: Northwest Regional Education Service District The Nest transformed from a static archive into a dynamic staff hub. Homepage traffic jumped from 6,400 to over 61,000 unique monthly views, and content ownership expanded from one administrator to more than 50 editors. Best Intranet for Impact: Western State Bank The Vault centralized fragmented systems into a single digital workplace. Internal communication scores rose from 6.32 to 7.32, and employee frustration around finding resources dropped 17%. Best Intranet for Design: New York State Office of Cannabis Management STASH earned first place for a disciplined teal-and-gold design system applied consistently across all content levels, complete with a staff-sourced name, cannabis-themed navigation, and mascot Sprout McScout. “The Best Intranet Awards are really my favorite time of the year! Our customers show us time and again what an intranet can be when it’s treated as more than just a place to post policies,” said Carolien Dekeersmaeker, Director of Customer Success at ThoughtFarmer. “It becomes the center of how people work day-to-day, how they connect, and find each other. The bar keeps getting higher, and this year’s winners raised it again.” The full list of winners and finalists, judge remarks, and intranet highlights is available at thoughtfarmer.com/blog/2026-best-intranet-awards. If you like this blog, you’ll love our newsletter From workbooks and whitepapers, to blog content and best practices, our monthly newsletter is full of great content, advice, and expert insight.