BoardRoom Discussions

First, let’s define what is  social media.

According to Michael Specht, Social media are sites that encourage

• Participation
• Openness and Transparency
• Conversations and Communities
• Utilizati0n of the concept of wisdom of crowds
• And providing a rich user experience

According to Pete,

Social Media is the use of Internet tools such as Internet Networking Web Sites, Blogs, Micro Blogs and Forums to develop user created content, interact as a community, build relationships and exchange ideas and opinions with those of similar interests. Social Media is about people.

Social media is associated with new media. Example of these sites, as mentioned above,  are blogs from wordpress, blospot and others, social networking sites like Facebook, Multiply, Friendster; photo sharing site like Flicker, video sharing site like YouTube and microblogging sites like Twitter and Plurk.

Some companies have regarded these  as an enemy of productivity. So these sites, and many more, are blocked from employee access. In some cases, most employees don’t even have access to the internet.

Is this alright?

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On April of this year, I introduced the subject of change management. It is an inevitable and difficult tasks a leader must do. In the middle of a change process, the leader may create enemies and/or lose good people.

Though handful of materials can be found on the net, I would attempt to add another value by sharing a time tested principle from the Bible.

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