Comments on: A Social Media Intervention

By: Lyaeus

Lyaeus — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:35:05 +0000

Totally agree to the career suicide bit - from persoanl experience of a now x colleague who forgot that golden rule. I read once we have 50,000 thoughts a day (yeah right, who counted them?). But anyway, the trick is not to find the right way to get them out, it's to make sure they've edited. Some people think the point is that it's the real them coming out, that expression for expressions's sake is what's it's about. It might be, and sometimes that's a joy to behold, but sometimes its like reading back that poem you wrote in 86 and thinking, was that me, did i really think - no, worse, write that? Thank God I didn't send it! Only now you can't so easily take it back.

By: Stuart Shaw

Stuart Shaw — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:35:05 +0000

By: Karla Porter

Karla Porter — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:09:41 +0000

Agreed. A rose is a rose by any other name. So is a water cooler. Additionally, I would like to think I am not the only one using SM to reach out to my posse when I need a little assistance. Between LinkedIn, facebook and Twitter, I believe I have an incredible wealth of knowledge and resources at the click of my mouse. So, besides the benefits of a quick break now and then, the ability to cull reputable information instantaneously is a huge benefit. The key here is to not be abusive of an employer’s time if you are surfing for personal entertainment and not to post things that could (and probably will if discovered) career suicide notes in the eternal cyberspace. ~Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

By: Stuart Shaw

Stuart Shaw — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:49:07 +0000

Hey, came across this on a Google alert for 'human capital' and writing from MK UK watching athletics and climbing out of a stinking head. This is exactly what I argued with a colleague working in the human capital space (she works for www.hpa-group.com who I consult for, though my game is about turning education on its head). She blogged about how much time was being lost to business. I argued that people used to spend just as much time gossiping around the coffee stand; that taking these things away just hardly makes them more likely to be productive; and, well, if you have to, why not ask those that are good at it to now and then use the company accounts and spread some ideas. It worked: http://www.hpa-group.com/blog/14-human-capital/...