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In the midst of the debt crisis here in Washington, D.C., the nation teetered toward default, but eventually came to a compromise to avert that outcome. A recent article in The New Yorker likened the situation to “. . . members of an ordinance-disposal unit arguing about how to defuse a large ticking bomb.” Our nation faces a large—and growing—long-term fiscal imbalance driven by an aging population, which will dramatically increase healthcare and retirement costs.
The nation certainly faces other challenges: the continuing war on terror, increasing economic competition from emerging world powers like China and India, rising energy costs, environmental concerns, and other new and unknown problems and threats. Any one of these issues would provide a large enough agenda for a president and Congress. Their convergence creates an atmosphere of unparalleled complication for government management.
Overcoming these obstacles will require a “changed” government, a 21st-century government transformed to operate on demand. Read More »
Tags: collaboration, congress, debt crisis, Economic, Governance, IBSG, Millenials, social networking, transformation
The advent of social media platforms is continually transforming the way organizations interact with customers, build brands, and engage with the world. While certain organizations have eagerly participated in social media as a means to garner long-term marketing benefits, other organizations are hesitant to address employee interaction in the new interconnected world of social media. However, simply looking the other way is no longer a viable option. The statistics are staggering and can’t be ignored: Facebook with over 500 million users, Twitter with nearly 200 million registered accounts, and LinkedIn with 100 million users.
This is a primer on how to help your organization defend itself by identifying the potential risks associated with employee use of social media, providing recommendations on how to mitigate those risks, and sharing Cisco’s approach.
Pitfalls of Social Media
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Tags: Governance, policy, privacy, social media
***Link Updated: June 2012***
In early May we published our “Cisco Social Media Policy” for our employees to read, acknowledge and if applicable inculcate into their daily regime as employees of Cisco. An internal Governance Board created this document to empower the employee’s engagement rather than harness as the employee traversed through the social media and social network landscape. Does it answer all the questions imaginable, no, it does, however, provide the necessary guidance to allow any employee to navigate and escalate any questions which may arise during the many daily social media journeys.
Many ask, what’s inside a Cisco social media policy document and why do you have one? As stated above, the guide is there to help employees navigate social networks, as the employee engages the many audiences present within these social networks.
At Cisco we are a community that embraces transparency, authenticity and openness. We encourage our employees to be a part of social networks, both internal to Cisco, as well as, external to Cisco. Our employees may use social networking sites while at work to conduct business. Cisco does not block access to social networking sites – we believe in empowering the workforce and instilling trust in our employees to work responsibly.
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Tags: Governance, policy, social media, transparency
June 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm PST
We take social media seriously at Cisco.
We look at it as a collaborative tool to help better serve our customers, our partners, our investors and our employees…and to LISTEN to them as well. There, of course, have to be guidelines and employee training around the use of social media. Within our company culture of transparency, we thought we’d make our newly updated internal Social Media handbook available for everyone. We don’t claim to know everything about Social Media, but we do know that the wisdom of the crowd is generally better than the wisdom of the few. With that in mind, we welcome your thoughts, observations and viewpoints on our Social Media Policy and Guidelines.
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Tags: Governance, policy, privacy, social media
