I learned all of my best networking strategies from punks. No, really.  Back in the late 90’s and early years of the 2000s, I played drums in a ska band in Chicago.  You don’t have to know what ska is for the purposes of this story. But you do have to know that due to a weird historical hiccup in the 70’s, the ska and punk music scenes were inextricably linked. So while my band had a horn section and suits, most of the shows that we played included at least a few other bands that sported lots of guitar distortion, combat boots, and mosh pits. I’m often asked where I developed my networking chops.  Was it at business school, running … [Read more...]