What Can and Cannot Be Said

Can you say “pay rise” in your company? At Amazon, that would not be possible. The internal social media app they plan to roll out for warehouse workers will filter out words like “union,” fairness,” and “plantation” (!)

Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky said, “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” Similarly, the degree of civilization in an organization can be judged by its internal social media.

What does your internal communication platform and its rules say about your organization?

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