So my suggestion would be to focus on the outputs you expect from your team. Social media can help if it's for research/learning (as you're doing now), or even for giving the brain a breather. If it's used excessively for things that don't help your work though then it'll show in your output.

And of course, try and develop the right culture here. Share stories of people using it in the right way and people will quickly get what's expected of them and what isn't.

I'll leave it open for others to share their views too, but do please keep us updated with how you get on

As Lewis Carrol famously said “If you don\’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

One of the discussions we had last week was if companies embrace Social Media, and Learning Professionals begin to use it as a learning process/tool… how many companies are ready and prepared to support their workforce for using it correctly?

I'd love to see organisations facilitate mini-workshops and learning bites on how social media can enhance your performance, how to use it ethically at work and in line with the company values… I know small businesses who have adopted this approach, but maybe this would help wider organisations feel more comfortable about making the change?

• Folly – when people think social media is a waste of time
• Fearful – when people are scared of giving people a voice
• Flippant – neither fear nor fervour. Build and pray approach.
• Formulating – when value is seen and strategies attempted
• Forging – where people integrate social media into their daily lives and it breaks out of a community manager/marketing dept responsibility
• Fusing – the most advanced attitude, when social media philosophies are at the heart of everything we do.

Not hard to see where many fit in the list.