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Thanks for listening to the second season of The Reliants Project podcast. We explored networks through the eyes of innovators and practitioners. As we heard, They are using their intuition and experience in networks to build products and services. They are creating the tools and technologies to help us meet people, as well as helping us nurture relationships and cultivate our networks.
In this episode I talk about:
- Recurring themes throughout the season
- The value that people derive from products and services that help them engage with a network (e.g. peer-to-peer learning, supporting life transitions, weaving the network together)
- The considerations or trade-offs that innovators often face in supporting these interactions (e.g. inverse relationship between size of network and trust, striking a balance between novelty and resilience, optimising for extroverts vs. introverts)
- The key components or characteristics that these products and services incorporate in order to help drive outcomes (limiting group size, providing reminders and triggers, providing the right amount of context)
KEY NETWORK SCIENCE CONCEPTS
- Job Opportunities and Granovetter’s Strength of Weak Ties
- McCabe’s Tight-Knitter, Compartmentaliser and Sampler Friend Networks
- Lerman’s Majority Illusion and How it Distorts Our Perception
SELECTED LINKS FROM EPISODE
- S2E2: Amar Dhand on Creating a Social Network Paradigm for Clinical Medicine
- S2E3: Stephen Choi on Connecting During COVID and How Hi Right Now Can Help
- S2E4: Zahra Davidson on the Power of Peer Learning with Enrol Yourself
- S2E5: Connor Murphy on The Magic of Introductions and How Bridge Supports Connectors
- S2E6: Lynn Greenberg on How Relocation Disrupts Your Network and Pivt’s Plans to Help
- S2E7: Bilyana Freye on How Context Elevates Virtual Conversations and Orbiit’s Community Activation
COMPANIES & ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED