Connection is the New Currency

In this post, the focus is on Trust, Transparency, Leadership, Storytelling, and how all these concepts interlink:

Seth Godin published an absolutely brilliant blog post covering so many important ways of working in today’s “Connection Economy” (he buries the lead a bit). I immediately translated (in my head) as “Connection is the New Currency”.

Trust and Permission

“We seek out people who tell us stories that resonate, we listen to those stories, and we engage with those people or businesses that delight or reassure or surprise in a positive way. And all of those behaviors are the acts of people, not machines. We embrace the humanity in those around us, particularly as the rest of the world appears to become less human and more cold.“

Leadership

“Management is almost diametrically opposed to leadership”

Leadership, though, is a whole other game. Leadership puts the leader on the line. No manual, no rule book, no überleader to point the finger at when things go wrong. If you ask someone fo…