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Relationships not Commodities (April 28, 2006) In his own words, Jeff Hunter is a:
A recruiting poet, he notes that:
Over time, his thoughts hatch like well incubated eggs. In "What do we want from our social networks", he makes three key points about the consequence of social networking tools (our summary):
Where else but in Silicon Valley would you find a serial entrepreneur taking a break in a post as an HR Executive? Hunter is always multitasking and simplifying. His insights drip from the pages of Talentism. He's writing about the experience of living at the heart of the planet's innovation engine. Where we come from, good relationships begin with the assumption that you give away value. In our early years, we were warned about people who formed relationships exclusively for a purpose. Predators. Relationships are a rich and often troubling facet of existence that can't easily be boiled down to a single purpose. The ones that are that straightforward are as disposable as Kleenex. In the responses to our questions about referral programs, we see a disappointing design flaw. Relationships, as Jeff notes, are becoming commodities. What matters is the end, not the intimacy. What matters is finding the candidate, not developing the relationship. Of all the systems we've looked at, only H3 offers a way to track the value of ongoing relationships. In the other systems, the point is to broadcast out through a network. Is it really the case that a network is either a web of intimate relationships or a data mining opportunity? It certainly feels like that sometimes. Jeff's very smart idea is that it's time to take stock:
Let's help move referral systems towards these ends. John Sumser . - . Permalink . - . Today's Bugler
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