Network intelligence

Understand your own network: what changed, who to reconnect with, where it is strong and where it is thin.

Each prompt is ready to paste into Ask O. Swap the bracketed parts for your own, and mention people and companies with @ so O finds them in your network.

Review your week

For: Everyone. When: Friday. What happened, who did you meet, what carries over.

It's the end of the week. Do a weekly review of my conversations, messages, email and calendar, and who I connected with, so I get a 360 view of new connections and what to keep top of mind for next week.

The run, recorded in O (other people's names and photos blurred)

What O does that a search can’t: Reads across every channel and writes the review you would not have written. Time saved: 30 to 60 min.

My network is going stale

For: Everyone. When: Once a month, before it costs you.

Show me the ten people in my network I should reconnect with this month, with a specific, non-generic reason for each based on what has changed on their side.

What O does that a search can’t: The reason is drawn from their side (role change, raise, exit), not from how long it has been. Time saved: 1 h.

What is the inferred network of this company

For: Everyone. When: Understanding an organisation through the people who moved through it.

What is the inferred network of @[company]? Show me the alumni movement: where people came from, where they went, and which of them I can reach.

What O does that a search can’t: Draws the organisation as a flow of people over time, not an org chart. Time saved: 2 h.

Summarise my network

For: Everyone. When: A snapshot for yourself or a partner.

Create a summary of my network: the most influential people, where it is strong and where it is thin, and what I should do about it.

What O does that a search can’t: A SWOT of your own relationships, with the names behind each finding. Time saved: 2 h.

Who did I connect with, and what does it say

For: Everyone. When: Every couple of weeks.

Who did I connect with in the past two weeks? Give me a table with their industries and companies, and tell me what pattern you see.

What O does that a search can’t: A table plus the reading across it. Time saved: 20 min.

Who should I introduce to each other

For: Everyone. When: Being useful to your own network.

Inside my @[circle], who are the five pairs of people I should introduce to each other, where their backgrounds fill gaps in each other's work?

What O does that a search can’t: Finds complementary pairs, with the reason to make each introduction. Time saved: 1 h.

Who did I meet at that event

For: Everyone. When: Months later, a name you cannot place.

Who did I meet at [event] on [dates]? What did we talk about, and did anything come of it?

What O does that a search can’t: Calendar, messages and connection dates, stitched into one answer. Time saved: 30 min.

Prepare my week

For: Everyone. When: Monday morning.

Help me prepare for the week ahead. Go through my emails, calendar and messages: what is coming, who do I need to get back to, and where should I spend my attention?

What O does that a search can’t: A plan built from your own channels, not a to-do list you typed. Time saved: 45 min.

Where my network is thin

For: Everyone. When: Planning where to spend the next quarter of relationships.

Given what I'm building at [company], where is my network strong and where is it thin? Who are the ten people I should establish a relationship with, and who can get me to each?

What O does that a search can’t: Gap analysis against your goal, with the paths to close it. Time saved: 2 h.

Set a reminder on a relationship

For: Everyone. When: You promised to follow up.

Remind me [tomorrow at 16:00] to reach out to @[person] about [topic].

What O does that a search can’t: The reminder lives with the relationship, so the context comes back with it. Time saved: a forgotten promise.

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