By James Eder on Small Business UK – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Networking is vital for business, exchanging details often doesn’t lead to real connection.
Finding context in an interaction, starting up conversations in everyday places and asking the right questions will work in your favour.
Saying yes and increasing your luck by increasing your interactions is key. Whatever you do, start now.
Networking is one of those things in business we often feel we should do. But the fear of awkward silences and forced conversations at events pushes most of us out of our comfort zone.
You might exchange contact details, but more often than not, you don’t follow up — and the chance for real connection that leads somewhere positive for both parties slips away.
But what if I told you there’s a much easier way to create truly meaningful moments? And that these ‘collisions’ could have a far wider-reaching impact in terms of opportunities?
It all starts with changing your mindset and applying three key principles:
Giving yourself permission to strike up a conversation
Harnessing your confidence and experience
Finding the right context
It’s a framework I have developed over more than 20 years in business and captured in The Collision Code. Here,