12 Episodes
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70 Minutes
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English
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Self-Paced
Micro-Learning
Target Audience
About This Season
Discover how to master the art of human connectivity and transform your career and personal life. This season explores the journey of connecting, from understanding its value to overcoming modern challenges. You’ll learn how to make meaningful connections by design, leveraging the latest research and practical techniques. Dive into topics like forming trust, realizing value, and maintaining important relationships. Gain insights into why connections are more difficult today and strategies to navigate these complexities. By the end, you’ll be equipped with the skills to intentionally build and sustain valuable connections, enhancing both your success and joy.
What You'll Learn
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The importance of human connectivity in career success.
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Techniques to build deliberate and meaningful connections.
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Strategies to navigate modern connectivity challenges.
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Practical steps to form and maintain strong relationships.
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Don’t leave your professional success and personal happiness to chance. Take the next step in mastering the art of human connectivity with our in-depth, practical season. Apply the insights and techniques learned to build intentional, valuable connections that propel your career and enhance your well-being. Join us now and start transforming your networking approach today!
Episodes
Episode 1: Introduction
Importance of human connections
Connection and career success
Enhancing team dynamics
Connection in entrepreneurship
Human connectivity research insights
Episode 2: The Value of Human Connection
Value from connections: TIE (Transactional, Intellectual, Emotional)
Re-evaluating existing connections
Broader perspective on connections
Story of missed opportunity at a startup event
Connections as a long game
Episode 3: Challenges in Modern Connectivity
Trends affecting connectivity: globalisation, optimisation, decentralisation
Evolution of work and connectivity challenges
Strategies to understand and connect better
Importance of strategic human connectivity
Balancing technology and personal connections
Episode 4: The Connector’s Journey
Connector’s Journey phases: Finding, Forming, Realising, Maintaining, Disconnecting
Importance of each phase
Practical tips for finding connections
Emphasis on being deliberate in connecting
Categorising connections based on phases
Episode 5: Finding the Right Connections
Importance of the Finding phase
Five ways to find connections: Stipulated, Sought, Suggested, Seduced, Serendipitous
Advantages of different finding methods
Techniques to improve finding
Creative ways to find relevant connections
Episode 6: Forming Strong Connections
Forming connections and building trust
Types of trust: Affective and Cognitive
Similarity and familiarity in forming connections
Influence of cultural diversity on forming
Strategies to accelerate forming connections
Episode 7: Realising Connection Value
Realising value in connections
Effective asking using the STEP framework
Specific, Timely, Easy, and Personal asks
Role of emotional and intellectual value
Tips for crafting effective asks
Episode 8: Maintaining Connections Over Time
Maintaining connections over time
Active vs. Passive connections
Current vs. Future value potential
Techniques for maintaining connections
Importance of digital tools in maintaining connections
Episode 9: Mastering the Art of Disconnecting
Importance of Disconnecting
Absolute vs. Relative disconnecting
Pre-announcing disconnections
Offering departing gifts
Combining disconnecting with finding new connections
Episode 10: Individual Factors in Connectivity
Introduction to individual and social factors
Four individual factors: Ability, Apathy, Apprehension, Attitude
Influence of individual factors on connectivity
Strategies to improve individual factors
Reflection on personal connectivity challenges
Episode 11: Social Factors in Connectivity - Part 1
Introduction to social factors
First four social factors: Abundance, Affinity, Applicability, Asymmetry
Managing abundance in connections
Finding common ground for affinity
Recognising hidden applicability
Balancing asymmetry in connections
Episode 12: Social Factors in Connectivity - Part 2
Remaining social factors: Authenticity, Authority, Availability, Awareness
Importance of authenticity in connections
Navigating authority dynamics
Ensuring availability for connections
Increasing awareness among potential connections
About the Speaker
Peter Mandeno is an expert in the science of human connection. His work helps move us beyond simply understanding why connections matter to instead show us how to improve our ability to connect to others – by design.
A native of New Zealand, Peter earned his PhD in Design Engineering from Imperial College London – recently ranked second in the world. His research built on more than two decades of industry experience working with some of the world’s biggest companies from ABN AMRO and GSK to KPMG and Vodafone helping them to communicate more powerfully and designing experiences that got diverse teams connecting more effectively and authentically.
Peter’s approach is practical, applicable and accessible, making it relevant to people in all stages of their careers – from starters to senior leaders. In addition to delivering inspirational keynotes and teaching masterclasses to organizations and academic institutions alike, Peter advises and consults globally on a broad range of human connectivity challenges from employee engagement and hybrid work strategies to improving the connectedness of members of industry networks and ecosystems. Peter’s book – ‘Better Connected’ – is due to be published in 2025.
