From Me to We: Why commercial collaboration will future-proof business, leaders and personal success

chapter 7 ReConnect Principle 2 —  Build a diverse network

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.

— Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court

A powerful network can become your lifeline and is an absolute must-have for successful collaboration.

‘Networking’ is a term that fills some with the excitement of possibility, some with a sense of absolute dread and others — probably the majority of us — with a combination of feelings: the ‘I really don’t want to but I know I must’ crowd.

Networking, connecting, meeting, ...