http://www.consequentialstrangers.com People Who Don't Seem To Matter... But Really Do Mon, 10 May 2010 21:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/about/2-the-view-from-above/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Consequential Strangers in Taiwan | Consequential Strangers Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:27:49 +0000 http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/wordpress/?page_id=118#comment-1264 [...] its people no less hospitable to strangers, according to Schiffer.  Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 2: Ghanaians have no word for “consequential strangers,” she says, but having a broad [...] [...] its people no less hospitable to strangers, according to Schiffer.  Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 2: Ghanaians have no word for “consequential strangers,” she says, but having a broad [...]

]]> http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/about/2-the-view-from-above/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Consequential Strangers » Blog Archive » Downsizing: Jets vs. Sharks Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:34:16 +0000 http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/wordpress/?page_id=118#comment-616 [...] Whether you find yourself there by intention or accident, in a hospital, an office, or a volunteer organization where a Jets vs. Sharks battle takes place , beware of one shortcoming of consequential stranger relationships (see Chapter 6): We are more likely to gossip or even lie about people we don’t know well.   The antidote is connection and conversation, but it’s not always easy to get there.  You might need to create an “Influence map” of the network, as explained in Chapter Two: [...] [...] Whether you find yourself there by intention or accident, in a hospital, an office, or a volunteer organization where a Jets vs. Sharks battle takes place , beware of one shortcoming of consequential stranger relationships (see Chapter 6): We are more likely to gossip or even lie about people we don’t know well.   The antidote is connection and conversation, but it’s not always easy to get there.  You might need to create an “Influence map” of the network, as explained in Chapter Two: [...]

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