Jennie Josephson is the co-founder and an Executive Producer at Infinite Gains Studios.  She helps people make excellent audio content, and has worked with Daily Tech News Show,  Brave, Not Perfect, Talking Feds among others.    Jennie and I spoke about her experience founding a networked company, running a purpose-driven organization and how she built her personal board of advisors. 

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Jennie Josephson

A quick episode to let you know what's coming!

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  Tom Merrit is a podcaster extraordinaire. He currently hosts several shows including a Daily Tech News Show, Current Geek, Cord Killers, Let’s Talk About Star Wars and It’s A Thing.  Tom was one of the first podcasters as a host on the host of CNET’s Buzz Out Loud. We spoke about his experi necessary in the early stages of this field and the relationships he built along the way. We specifically addressed the qualities of the relationships that have lasted throughout the years.    

Tom Merritt

Sanyin Siang is the Executive Director of Coach K Center of Leadership and Ethics, Duke University, a Professor in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke, an executive coach and author.  Sanyin and I spoke about a mutual dislike of the term 'reverse mentor', the message sent by the questions you ask when getting to know someone, and her experience building an organization in a networked world over the last fifteen years. 

Sanyin Siang

Scott Johnson is the founder of the Frogpants Podcast Network and a host of 9 podcasts including The Morning Stream, the Instance, Current Geek and Filmsack.    Scott has won multiple awards for his podcasts and was inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame in 2018.  Scott and I talked about his intuitive process for bringing people into his network and his idea that 'you get the chat room you deserve' We also spoke about how he built an event to help build community - Nerdtacular.  

Scott Johnson

Edwin Reyes is a Coastal Management Administrator on the island of Guam.  We speak about working in a job that is networked by design, the ups and downs of networks on a small island, and ways that he is an energizer in his own work networks.

Edwin Reyes

This is a new kind of eposide - instead of an interview, it is a practicum on what to do during Mandatory Cocktail Hours in real life.  It is inspired by a linkedin post I published a few years ago: http://www.thenetworkedleader.com/blog/2016/2/4/uncommonalities-your-secret-to-surviving-mandatory-social-hour

Uncommonalities

  David Graham is a writer for The Atlantic Magazine.  I speak with him about the unique nature of career progress in journalism,the realities of Washington DC cocktail parties and the power of finding good mentors.

David Graham

The Mandatory Cocktail Hour, the companion podcast to The Networked Letter, a newsletter about applying the science of social networks to you career and leadership. Weekly interviews with new professionals, mid-level journeymen, high profile stars and anyone in between. Interviews are research for a new book on Leadership and Social Networks, and encompass a wide range of professions and career stages.

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