Building a team

eThis article is based on my experiences as a newly active member of the LinkedIn community and is something I will come back to as time allows,

The keyword that comes to me as I write is "affinity" because the filtering method that enables links between strangers to create a network of contacts to develop over time into friendship is unique - if you work at it.

I will introduce a personal note - as a sufferer from "bi-polar affective disorder" I had my hopes for the future that I held when I was 21 dashed and since the age of 40 I have been semi-retired. This, though, has not (in my view anyway) prevented me from playing an active part in the community - small though it may be.

In my personal life, I am numerate and (I would like to think) literate, and have interests in the world around me. And, through LinkedIn, I am starting to discover that there may be people out there who would benefit from knowing me. Before I get too big-headed I must say that any reward others get from knowing me is paid back 5-fold in the benefit I get in knowing them.

Getting back to the subject of this article - team building, it is imperative to pay attention to messages that you receive - even if it's not possible to answer right away but when the time arises get back to the author of a comment. Serendipity may play its part and when the right moment occurs you may decide to make telephone contact.

A bit like on-line dating I suspect - but the objective is not to create a couple but a tribe.

And, as a tribe, it becomes possible to act and achieve far more than any one person, acting alone, can do.

Getting back to myself, and the purpose of this article, I have a fervent desire to learn more about the intricacies of large-scale financial administration systems - whether it be local government, the NHS or multiple stores - let alone the emerging possibilities of Apps that make money through small contributions. I am sure that in due course someone will come back to me and discuss my wish.