ENACT! on Transformational Network Impact
Events focusing on how networks can achieve transformational impact in entrepreneurship, agriculture, gender equity, education, and conflict. …
The ‘soft’ barriers to networking
Written by Prerna Aswani It doesn’t come as news that networks are crucial for professional success- it’s often not about what you know, but who you know. Some estimates show in fact that 80% of jobs are filled through networking.[1] Yet, as we at inHive know all too well, young people’s access to networks are highly unequal and those at the bottom of the income pyramid simply do not have the same access to ‘social capital’- whether this be their parents’ connections or contacts from elite university experiences. But the barriers to effective networking can go far beyond institutional obstacles. …

