Friend of a friend ...: understanding the hidden networks that can transform your life and your career 9780544971288, 9780544971264, 0544971280
"Burkus shows that most of your best connections do not come from close friends but rather from distant, even long-
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English Pages 242 pages Year 2018
Table of contents :
Find strength in weak ties --
See your whole network --
Become a broker and fill structural holes --
Seek out silos --
Build teams from all over your network --
Become a super-connector --
Leverage preferential attachment --
Create the illusion of majority --
Resist homophily --
Skip mixers --
share activities instead --
Build stronger ties through multiplexity.
