How HR governs employees internally can dramatically shift how the external world interacts with staff and the company. Here, the UK’s NHS loosening governance of social media use provides a path forward for healthcare providers and more.
By Joseph Warren

National healthcare systems like Canada’s have traditionally had a very reserved relationship with social media usage. For many, the default position was “don’t do it,” but the realities of modern interconnectedness have made that impossible for HR teams to enforce with doctors, staff members and patients. Rather than continuing to waste resources in blocking or restricting the abilities of doctors, nurses, a....