Social Capital Mentor

30% More Productive

I was on an airplane a few days ago reading an article in the February issue of Harvard Business Review (How Social Networks Network Best, by Alex Pentland). Alex is the director of human dynamics research at the MIT Media Lab and has been studying the way teams of business people work together. Here’s some mildly [...]

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Is Social Capital Saving Jobs at Beth Israel Deasoness Medical Center?

It’s pretty easy to be pleased with all the key players in this story; from Paul Levy, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to the countless lower-wage hospital employees who make patients comfortable, to all the rest of the hospital staff at Beth Israel who recently applauded Mr. Levy when he asked them [...]

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Avoid the Chopping Block: How to Keep Your Job in a Recession

The statistics are grim. According the the Department of Labor, the month of January alone saw the unemployment rate rise from 7.2% to 7.6%. In terms of lives, that’s around 598,000 directly affected. It’s anybody’s guess how many are indirectly victimized by the recession. Over the last 12 months, the number of unemployed people has [...]

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Golden Advice for Using LinkedIn: Help People

I’m going to cut to the punch line. Remember the Golden Rule; help people with their career and they will help you. LinkedIn is great LinkedIn is the latest tool for business networking and it’s great. Really great. Of course, with anything that’s great, there’s no shortage of advice on how to use it well. Guy Kawasaki’s [...]

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