Date
September 6, 2006
Location
JW Marriott® Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square
399 Nanjing West Road
Shanghai, China
Program
7:00 pm Doors Open
7:30 pm Programme
8:30 pm Networking and cocktails
Sponsored by:
How Gossip Affects Reputations and Markets
Speaker: Ron Burt
Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Learn from University of Chicago Booth Professor Ron Burt how gossip shapes your reputation. The session will cover the following:
- How gossip can be an essential mainspring to productivity improvements in the workplace
- How gossip drives opinion to extremes of ignorant certainty, turning prominent leaders into heroes or villains
- How your good reputation does not necessarily come from your hard work, but more from the interests of the people who talk about your work
Using real-world examples drawn from his research, Professor Burt will tell you how you can benefit from the competitive advantage of social capital and the integral role that gossip plays in the operation of today's markets and organizations.
