Who has the influence in your organization or community? If an idea is to going to move from concept to action, who has the influence to make it happen? It may not be who you think. Look at the above network, who would you place your message with?
Valdis Krebs says “social capital” is the key for success in the 21st century organization. Recently, we caught up with Valdis Krebs, founder and chief scientist of orgnet.com. to learn about influence and the power of social networks. Valdis has been studying social networks since 1987, and is a leading management consultant, researcher, trainer, author and developer of InFlow, social network analysis software for communities, organizations and consultants.
More and more healthcare, medical device and pharma companies are looking to build communities to spread their message. Valdis works with many industries including healthcare and pharma to identify influence in and outside the organization. Look for our video interview with Valdis Krebs, more about Influence and Social Capital and the answer to the “quiz” in Part II, post on Thursday, February 25th.
In the meantime, please let us know what you think! Post a comment on who you would pick in the above network and why.