Talented Connections

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Another thought provoking image from Indexed, headlined: "Another Reason the Internet Has Saved Many a Butt". I wonder how true this actually is. It's certainly true to say that a huge part of the richness of being online are the (sometimes unexpected) connections you make, and that it's one of the real-world benefits of blogging (and all the other forms of connecting we have now) that people who don't blog often miss. A benefit I've written about before. And one that is arguably more important than ever in these tough times. I don't go a whole bunch on that personal-branding malarkey, but perhaps it's also true that (as one of the comments to the post suggests) instead of "it’s not what you know, but who you know", now it's more like "it’s not who you know; it’s who knows YOU"? But then talent has a habit of getting you known, doesn't it?

Comments

[Robby]

I'd be interested in knowing what inspired this post?! Maybe you're referring to your presentation that was a collaboration of the community?! I tend to think you're thinking bigger or something happening more recently...

[neilperkin]

Thanks Robby - I guess I was just throwing a thought out there (which blogging is so good for). I don't for a minute think that talent is any less important than it once was, but there is an interesting dynamic going on about the transparency of talent (easier to get your stuff out there, find what's genuinely good) and the value of connection. I guess this is partly sparked by the fact that I've been meeting up with a lot of interesting new contacts made through new connections recently, and thoughts about how some people (still) undervalue being connected and making new connections in this way, and yes, partly through the experience of putting together that presentation which has been a hugely positive (and different) one.