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		<title>Your network can speed up the spread of your innovations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re a great innovator but&#8230; 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 model [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two very different personalities meet. Two complementary objectives. Their meeting sparks innovation. Tubular Bells is born! As F. Johansson writes in The Medici Effect: &#8220;Oldfield had some strange ideas about music, and Branson wanted to start a record label.” If they had never met, we would not have Tubular Bells&#8230; This might sound like a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
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		<title>Interview: How to network effectively and gain great referrals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will enjoy listening to an excellent interview at VoiceAmerica: Chris Cooper with Andy Lopata and Dr Ivan Misner. In that interview you can listen to very important aspects of networking. Even if you already know them, it’s great to be reminded by two of the most knowledgeable people on networking topics. There are sentences [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
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</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s resolutions&#8230; yours or theirs?</title>
		<link>http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2011/12/new-years-resolutions-yours-or-theirs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Santa Claus, the great networker</title>
		<link>http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2011/12/santa-claus-the-great-networker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Santa Claus is a great networker and you can learn from him. Don’t stay up on Christmas Eve trying to catch him and asking him for advice. Instead learn from what he does: He genuinely gives without wanting something in return.&#160; He smiles when he talks to you.&#160; He keeps following up every year.&#160; He [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Distant relatives can bring useful connections</title>
		<link>http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2011/12/distant-relatives-can-bring-useful-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aren’t you looking forward to a long Christmas dinner with distant relatives? If you are not, think twice&#8230; The more distant they are, the better! You might have read in this blog many entries about the importance of a diverse network. It is even more so when you want to innovate in your business. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Do you need a big business card collection?</title>
		<link>http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2011/12/do-you-need-a-big-business-card-collection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does a huge business card collection automatically give you a super-networker status? Well&#8230; not often. At a big trade show last week (EIBTM), I was there to give a keynote on how to improve your return-on-networking. After two days there, I realised that “networking” was one of the most repeated words at the event (in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Maintain your network during your Christmas visits</title>
		<link>http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2011/11/maintain-your-network-during-your-christmas-visits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordi Robert-Ribes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In some cultures, Christmas is the time to go back to your home country (or home town) and visit relatives. If this is your case, make the most from such visits to maintain and nurture your network. The maintenance will be with the contacts in your home country and also with your new contacts in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re a great innovator but&#8230; ideas spread slowly.<br />
Can your network speed it up?</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">speed of new technology introduction</a> and how to model it. </p>
<p>A well-accepted <a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">model</a> for technology (or innovation) diffusion by E. Rogers classifies users among 5 types depending on when they adopt new technology:<br />
<a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png "><img alt="" src="http://timkastelle.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/330px-Diffusionofideas.png " title="User by adoption" class="alignright" width="280" height="195" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li>innovators;
</li>
<li>early adopters;
</li>
<li>early majority;
</li>
<li>late majority, and
</li>
<li>laggards
</li>
</ol>
<p>The composition of your network will affect the speed of introduction of your new ideas, technologies or innovations. If your network is biased towards having more innovators and early adopters, your ideas will spread faster.</p>
<p>To spread your innovations, <strong>get to know more early adopters</strong>!</p>
<blockquote><p>
<em>Related links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">Predicting the Speed and Patterns of Technology Take-Up</a>, Australian Venture Capital Journal, 131 (May 2004), ISSN 1038-4324, pp34-36.): <a href="http://jordi.pro/bass">http://jordi.pro/bass</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.ad/books?id=4wW5AAAAIAAJ&#038;q=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;dq=Diffusion+of+innovation&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=cq4mT8L5N8Kr0QXQrZHkBw&#038;redir_esc=y">Diffusion of innovation</a> (1st ed. 1962; 5th ed. 2003), E. Rogers, ISBN 0743222091.
</li>
<li><a href="http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/">Innovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly</a> (by Tim Kastelle), http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/innovation-problem-new-ideas-spread-slowly/
</li>
</ul>
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