Convos (Blog)
Applied creativity and inventive thinking for regular people in everyday life.
One Degree Away
I’ve been struggling to get good feedback on a project, so I tried something different. Instead of asking people for their thoughts I asked them to connect me. I deployed the Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF) strategy. I examined my network of contacts and asked them to put me in touch with someone in their world who could help - and they did!
Ask For 15 Minutes
“Everyone owes everyone 15 minutes.” This phrase has been rattling around in my head since my Hobnob interview with Jeff Narver last month. Jeff wasn’t referencing the standard “15 minutes of fame” quote that gets overused (sorry, Andy Warhol). He was talking about the secrets of networking – and I love him for it.
Hey, I Like You
We need to build our professional networks more like school kids expand their friendship circles. As grown-ups, we overcomplicate the whole networking experience.
Stretch for Novelty
If you were to measure your team’s Bonding & Bridging Quotient (not a thing, I just made it up), where would you score? High on bonding? Low on bridging? Go ahead, take a minute and check in with yourself.