| Title : | Superconnect | | Other title : | the power of networks and the strength of weak links | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Richard Koch, Author ; Greg Lockwood, Author | | Publisher: | London : Little, Brown | | Publication Date: | 2010 | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-4087-0171-3 | | Class number: | 302 | | Abstract: | Networks rule the world. Take an organization of any kind: a corner shop, a new venture, a gang of drug traffickers, the United Nations, Google, the place you work. They are all networks, with their own rules.
We all have strong links to people: relationships with individuals around us, such as the friends, family and workmates. Yet, surprisingly, weak links hold the most power. Acquaintances, friends of friends, random encounters — all can put us in touch with new, different worlds that bring big breaks or surprising sources of happiness.
As the world becomes more densely populated, the connections between us are expanding in ever more intricate ways. How does this affect us in business and in life? And how can we make the most of these connections? | | Contents note: | Authors of our own success?; Do you live in a small world?; The strength of weak links; The superconnectors; Heaven, hell and hubs; Cyberspace / Brave New World?; Rolodex roulette
Hub to hub; The network structure of ideas; Network stars; The business of weak links; Poverty, urban renewal and gangsters ; A network society. |
Superconnect ; the power of networks and the strength of weak links [printed text] / Richard Koch, Author ; Greg Lockwood, Author . - London : Little, Brown, 2010. ISBN : 978-1-4087-0171-3 | Class number: | 302 | | Abstract: | Networks rule the world. Take an organization of any kind: a corner shop, a new venture, a gang of drug traffickers, the United Nations, Google, the place you work. They are all networks, with their own rules.
We all have strong links to people: relationships with individuals around us, such as the friends, family and workmates. Yet, surprisingly, weak links hold the most power. Acquaintances, friends of friends, random encounters — all can put us in touch with new, different worlds that bring big breaks or surprising sources of happiness.
As the world becomes more densely populated, the connections between us are expanding in ever more intricate ways. How does this affect us in business and in life? And how can we make the most of these connections? | | Contents note: | Authors of our own success?; Do you live in a small world?; The strength of weak links; The superconnectors; Heaven, hell and hubs; Cyberspace / Brave New World?; Rolodex roulette
Hub to hub; The network structure of ideas; Network stars; The business of weak links; Poverty, urban renewal and gangsters ; A network society. |
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