I loved this quote recently: “At an event, if you just stand near me long enough, eventually I’m going to turn around and talk to you, too.” Morgan Burns, founder of the brand agency Purple Unicorn Networking, connecting, and extroversion don’t have to be difficult; just be present with people around you.
I was really taken by an article in TJ last week from Michelle Parry-Slater. I use LinkedIn a lot more now since Twitter has lost its effectiveness as a marketing channel and it is really interesting to see how people perceive it as a marketing tool. I agree entirely with Michelle that it is about… Read More Open to Learning
I was at the always brilliant #LnDCoWork yesterday to catch up with smart people doing interesting things in L&D. I bumped into someone there who I haven’t seen since 2016, and who I first met when we started working together in 2000. We’re going to get together online soon since there might be opportunities where… Read More Long term planning
I was recently contacted about joining a business networking group. I looked through their website and they’re ‘re-launching’ so thought I’d see how successful they’d been before. A quick check and it was clear they’ve been mothballed for a couple of years so it looked promising they were planning to get going again. More interesting… Read More Understanding data
About once a week I get requests like this: Hey Andrew. Do you know anyone who knows how to… Anon Never forget the benefits to you and others of building a network so you can be asked questions like this.