Many people go through life with a set of unconscious beliefs and biases about networks and relationships that don’t drive the outcomes they really want. These unconscious beliefs drive behaviours that have a huge impact on our wellbeing, relationships and community. In this episode, I wrap up Season 1 of The Reliants Project Podcast and examine […]

YY Ahn is an Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. He investigates questions across a range of fields including sociology, health, economics and culture. In this episode we: – Discuss what YY learned from analysing LinkedIn’s data from 500 million users in 25 years – Talk about the friendship paradox and how […]

Michelle Rogan is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London Business School. Her research explores how people and organisations’ social capital impacts entrepreneurship and innovation. In this episode we: – Talk about how small worlds show up in our lives – Discuss who actually owns your professional network and how that […]

Noah Askin is an Assistant Professor at INSEAD. His research is on social and cultural networks and how they drive creativity and innovation, particularly in the music industry. He also teaches organisational design and leadership and focuses mostly on corporate culture and organisational change. In this episode we: Discuss his research on musicians and what […]

Alexander Gates is a post-doctoral research associate at The Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, also known as the Barabasi Lab. His research is focused on the science of success and the dynamics of academic careers. In this episode we: Discuss how you can apply the ‘science of success’ to further your career […]

Marc Ventresca is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford Said Business School. His work focuses specifically on entrepreneurs and social innovators, understanding how they build networks to support their initiatives and how those networks evolve over time and influence outcomes. In this episode we: Discuss how entrepreneurs and social innovators build networks to […]

Janice is an associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth College and author of Connecting in College: How Friendship Networks Matter for Academic and Social Success. Her research explores how students make and keep friends as well as how their friendship networks help or hurt their academic and social success.   We talk about the different […]

Scott David is the founder of Shapeable.ai, which grew out of his work as the Head of Information Interaction at the World Economic Forum. He supports social innovators by creating powerful knowledge graphs. They help unpack complex issues into manageable parts and identify the relevant stakeholders to drive change. In this episode we: Discuss all […]