Reciprocity Ring™ Event at General Motors, Lordstown, Ohio
Partners for Workplace Diversity Kick Off Month of Events
By George Nelson
Published in The Business Journal

Reciprocity Ring™ Used at Northwestern School of Law
Who you know really does matter most
By Bill Myers & Jerry Crimmins

Published in Kellogg in the Media, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Networking With A New Twist Pays Off
By Eric Pope
Published in The Detroit News

Reciprocity Ring™ solves problems via social relationships.

Building Social Capital
Interview of Wayne Baker on Invent The Future! radio show on VoiceAmerica.com

Positive Organizational Network Analysis and Energizing Relationships [pdf]
By Wayne Baker, Rob Cross and Melissa Wooten
Published in Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS)

Establishing the link between positive relationships and individual performance, demonstrating how a POS perspective can enhance the explanatory power of network models.

What Creates Energy in Organizations? [pdf]
By Rob Cross, Wayne Baker & Andrew Parker
Published in MIT Sloan Management Review

Energy in organizations matters for performance, morale, innovation and learning. When managers can see where energy is being created and where it is being depleted, they can then take action, encouraging simple changes in behavior to increase energy in places where its lack is hindering the progress of important organizational initiatives.

Building Collaborative Relationships [pdf]
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in Leader to Leader

Social Capital [pdf]
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in Future - The Aventis Magazine

We all need connections and networks. An in-depth look at the value of social capital.

Breakthrough Leadership: Believe, Belong, Contribute, Transcend
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in Leading in Trying Times, University of Michigan Business School

Extraordinary events--positive or negative--are temporary openings for breakthroughs in personal growth, organizational development, and human progress.

Building Social Capital as an HR Competence [pdf]
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) Journal

Massive organizational changes - notably the widespread shift toward flat and fluid organizational designs, growing information and learning needs, continuous improvement, and closer integration of customers, suppliers, and competitors - require organizations to build social capital as a distinctive competence.

Social Capital by Design:
Structures, Strategies, and Institutional Context
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D. and David Obstfeld
Published in Corporate Social Capital and Liability

We examine social entrepreneurship from a structural perspective, distinguishing between two structures of social capital and their associated entrepreneurial strategies: structural holes and the 'disunion' strategy versus social cohesiveness and the 'union' strategy.  

Teams as Networks:
Using Network Analysis for Team Development
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in Training Today

Bring together your all-stars and create a new team. Will they produce stellar performance? Probably not. In business, a collection of the best individuals from marketing, finance, production, and research doesn't guarantee the best multifunctional team.

Networking:
Folklore Versus Fact
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in Employee Management Association Journal

Genuine networking is not swapping business cards; rather, it's the active process of building and managing productive relationships.

The Paradox of Empowerment
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published In Chief Executive

Effective empowerment means letting go and taking control. CEOs who thrive in this paradox tap people power — the only sustainable competitive advantage.

How to Survive Downsizing
By Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D.
Published in USA Today Magazine

A solid network of good relationships in the company makes you a more valuable employee, thus lowering layoff odds and providing a channel of information about new job leads in case there are cutbacks.