A couple of years ago, a friend was going to open a retail business and knew the theme she wanted, but was unsure of the name. I offered to tap into my network of and see what we could come up with. I emailed a group of about 30 people and we conducted a name brainstorming session via email. Within a week, we had over 100 names and about 15 which she felt were very good ones. There is so much talent and experience in the FOCM Network, tapping into FOCM members to solve business problems is one of the benefits of membership.
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A penguin, a lion and a bear walk into a bar.
The bartender says, “is this some kind of joke?”
A horse walks into a bar.
The bartender says, “why the long face?”
A termite walks into a bar and asks: “is the bar tender here?”
None of us are “right”
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As we embark upon another Presidential election in this highly polarized political environment, we should be mindful of these passages from the book “Being Wrong” by Kathryn Schulz:
“Think about the accusation that people who disagree with us “don’t live in the real world.” What we really mean is that they don’t live in our model of the world; they don’t share our vision of how things are. By failing to see the world as we do, they actually are undermining its reality and threatening its destruction – at least, unto us. But, of course, we are doing the same to them. Implicitly or explicitly, we are denying that they possess the same intellectual and moral faculties that we do – and denying, too, the significance and value of their life experiences, from which, inevitably, many of their beliefs arise.
We assume that other people are ignorant because we assume that we are not; we think we know the facts and we think those facts determine our beliefs. Put differently, we think the evidence is on our side.”
So as we debate issues in this forum, let’s remember that someone with a view different from ours isn’t necessarily ignorant.
FOCM Networking Group Event at DIA 2013 – Boston
June 24, 2013
Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar and Grill – Seaport
250 Northern Ave. Boston
http://www.jerryremysseaport.com/
4:30 – 7:00 p.m.
FOCM Networking Group invites you to join Chris Matheus, industry colleagues and alumni of Quintiles, CB Technologies and ICON for happy hour.
The Power of Networking
Why network?
I learned the need to network firsthand through that great teaching methodology; personal experience. I worked for 14 years for the pharmaceutical company BurroughsWellcome Co (it was my first job out of college). I truly was blessed to have my first job be so ideal for me, my interests and my skill set. Throughout the 14 years, I was able to take on different positions, giving me broad work experience while receiving excellent training helping me grow personally and professionally. I expected to work there for a long, long time. But when marketplace forces began to pressure the pharmaceutical industry, merges and acquisitions were no longer rare events in the industry. In 1995, I was shocked to be laid off. While engaging in my job search, I realized that virtually all my industry contacts were all within the company. Those who kept jobs with the new company quickly became busy with their new roles. Suddenly, those of us who were laid off were on the outside.