As promised in a previous post, I am going to tell you about a book that I believe is extremely important to organizations and how we communicate and learn. This book is Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do: A Manager's Guide to the Social Web* by Euan Semple. When I first looked at the title, I thought it was about how to use social media in the workplace, but I found it was more than that. It is about the importance of allowing employees to use social media tools to learn, collaborate, and share information. In chapter one, Semple explained we have a powerful tool at our disposal to learn from, to communicate with, and to improve our world. He admonished, "We will only be able to take full advantage of the networked world if we grow up, think for ourselves, and take responsibility for our lives and our actions" (Semple, 2012, Chap. 1, para. 7). Read more ( )