In this Magis Ventures executive roundtable event, Harold Hegg – Director of New Business Development at Thrivent Financial, discusses the role of informal networks and social capital as a key, yet often overlooked, ingredient in driving change in the workplace.
August 24, 2011 | Vikas Narula
Great video! This nicely makes the case for the value of surfacing and appreciating your social/informal networks.
Thank you Pamela!
Well done! Harold is eloquent and clearly passionate in his description of the insights he derived from the social network mapping that you provided.
Hi Keith,
I agree, Harold is very articulate and commands a deep understanding of the power of networks.
Thanks for the comment!
Vikas
Vikas – I was wondering if you had seen this piece of research which was released recently and if you feel that your work supports these findings?
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-minority-scientists-ideas.html
Hi James,
Thanks for sharing — that is very interesting research. It wasn’t clear from the article whether the 3 models used yielded the same tipping threshold. I would think there would be variation depending on network topology (i.e. hubs vs. not, etc.), in which case our work could inform / predict tipping points in different organizational networks.
Food for thought!
Thanks again,
Vikas
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