Archive for July 22nd, 2008

Empty Moving Sidewalks

Written by: Bill Sherman on Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 9:00 PM

Monday, on my trip back to Saint Louis, I passed through Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport. Sky Harbor is a very large airport, and the concourses are separated by some very long moving walkways. Typically, I do not use moving walkways or escalators. Even though I’m carrying luggage, I’d rather walk; it’s good excercise. However, I [...]

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Instant Social Capital

Written by: Bill Sherman on Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 11:24 AM

Sometimes, you can create instant social capital to ease your way through a situation. Yesterday, I stood in the TSA security line at San Jose. I fly a whole lot, so I’m personally familiar with the drill. This time, I stood back and people-watched how infrequent travelers dealt with the process of TSA screening. The [...]

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Investing in Social Capital

Written by: Bill Sherman on Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 7:12 AM

I’ve used Nan Lin’s definition of social capital “your ability to locate and mobilize resources within your network.” However, I want to make an important clarification. Social capital is just like a bank account. You cannot go to a bank and make unlimited withdrawals from your account. You must first put money and invest it [...]

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