When 6 becomes 3.4!
January 11, 2012 at 9:00 am | Posted in Media | Leave a commentAnother great article from the BBC! There is the belief that the six degrees of separation have become three point four!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15844230
For those of you who may not know, the ‘six degrees of separation’ have been widely talked about for many years. We cover the process in “…And Death Came Third!”co-authored by Andy Lopata and myself (shameless plug!).
Essentially, the suggestion has been you are only a maximum of six people away from being connected with anyone in the world. I have tried this approach on many occasions with audiences, asking “Who would you like to connect to?” It’s staggering how you can link to the person you want to with just a couple of connections.
Facebook are suggesting it is now even less than six, using their platform and the style of approach that social media allows. I would suggest it may also be the case with LinkedIn – especially for business.
The key for me here is it’s always been the case that we can connect; whether it’s three, four, five or six people who make the connection actually makes no odds. But as the old quotation goes “To know and not to do, is not to know!”
In other words, it doesn’t matter which platform you use, or how many people you speak to, you need to apply two simple rules:
Know who you want to speak to…
Ask!
Until next time…
Peter.
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