Pod[cast] of Gold

I will be teaching a graduate level course in Organizational / Social Network Analysis @ Michigan State University during the summer semester. In preparing the reading list for the course I ran across an absolute gem of an article and podcast by one of my favorite network scholars -- Herminia Ibarra.

Herminia is one of those rare academics that can effectively straddle the two worlds of research and business -- she can talk to either audience and translate between the two. In fact, this boundary spanning behavior is an example of her own advice -- bridging between the inside and outside [of whatever organization you belong to] is vital to career success.

Download her interview [MP3] and put it on your iPod and listen to it until you can recite it in your sleep. IMHO, this is the best 10 minute lesson in building effective social networks that I have heard in a very long time!

Listen, learn, and link.

Originally posted May 7, 2008