Tweet Last week I participated in a workshop to identify and foster certain clusters in a particular country. During the day it became even clearer to me that clusters need people more than companies. Of course, clusters are about companies being part of a chain of suppliers and collaborators. However, people are an indispensable ingredient [...]
Tweet Your suit must fit your body. Your self-introduction must fit your person. A self-introduction is a striking single sentence that you can say to people when meeting for the first time. You have read previously in this blog about its preparation, practice, adaptation and fine-tuning. Yesterday was the World Book Day, which is a [...]
Tweet In our Internet age we do not need meetings any more. Or do we? Yes, of course we do! Our professional network is based on mutual trust. Trust is controlled by parts of the brain that were hard-wired when we lived in caves. We were close to each other. We looked each other in [...]
Tweet In the previous post you could read tips and tricks to remember names. That post reflected only the first part of my answer to a question asked at several of my recent keynotes in London this month. The second part of my answer can be summarised as: “Remembering names is superficial matter. The important [...]
Tweet Networking for the bankers in the City of London is a full time job. It is not going to speed networking events at all! A Dutch anthropologist is studying bankers in the City of London. He’s interested in their daily activities and routines. When we read his studies we find very interesting pearls about [...]
Tweet You are organising a conference and want your attendees to network. What should you do? You know how to connect with other participants when you attend conferences. You know how to prepare, what to do during the conference and how to follow-up. How do you help your attendees do the same? This is not [...]
Tweet You must prepare your self-introduction before you start your job. During the interview process you will gather information about the corporation and how you will fit in. You can read the recent annual reports and press clippings to prepare for your new job. Such information will allow you to have a self-introduction that is [...]
Tweet Business opportunities can elude you. Get your network on board! In recent posts you could read my views on how your diverse network can help sparking innovation. The benefits of diversity in your network go even further. It can help you spot business opportunities unseen by others. This is exactly the topic I’ll be [...]
Tweet You’re a great innovator but… ideas spread slowly. Can your network speed it up? The type of people that compose your network might play a crucial role to the spread of your innovations. I wrote (long time ago!) an article about the speed of new technology introduction and how to model it. A well-accepted [...]
Tweet Welcome to 2012! While you start implementing your New Year’s resolutions (hopefully focused on helping others), here you have the most read Networking&Business posts during 2011: TEDx: Get More Weak-Ties Attending a TEDx event is much more than just listening to the speeches. It is a great way of effectively extending your network with [...]
