Marketplace Weekend interviewed MIT economics professor John Van Reenen in anticipation of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. What struck me was that this Forum was just like most other conferences that you and I go to. Reenen observed: “The interesting stuff...
According to a research paper reported in Harvard Business School’s HBS Working Knowledge, professional networking makes us feel dirty, immoral even. The difficulty is that they also note that networking helps us to develop our careers. The researchers, Tiziana...
“I discovered that I stopped going in to hear the speakers, and I would spend all my time chatting with people in the lobby about what they’re working on. The real value of these events was the conversations and the relationships that were created between people. What...
“The best ideas occur to people who are touching multiple worlds and domains.” Justin Berg, Wharton doctoral candidate Justin Berg is a doctoral candidate studying creativity at Wharton School. While the New York Times was featuring Adam Grant in its...
