Social Media Behind The Iron Firewall
June 3rd, 2008 | by Mike G |
One of my interests in social computing is the manner in which it ‘changes the game’ for employees who find themselves in corporations that have communication problems. It can disintermediate the broken channels of communication to create new functioning channels that operate below the threshold of corporate scrutiny.
In situations where people are committed or confined to their workplace for reasons that may span from fear of change to providing a steady income for their families, these new avenues for contact with others both within and without of their organization can revitalize and be fertile ground for the development of new ideas.
This seems tangentially similar to the effect of social computing for the economically disadvantaged. To me both seem
economically disadvantaged, if you consider information as a form of currency.
Perhaps I’ve stretched the metaphor.
