Vala Afshar Vala Afshar-UMassLowell As someone so active on social media, it may come as a surprise that Salesforce Chief Digital Evangelist, Vala Afshar, considers himself an introvert. While he doesn’t like to label people ("Labels are for jars, not people," Vala jokes), he admits that at dinner parties, he’s usually the person in the corner observing folks, hoping someone will approach so they strike up a conversation first. This is from a man with nearly one million Twitter followers and over 30,000 on LinkedIn . What has he learned over his 25+ year career about networking? Shifting to Resource Flow Vala was content to sit in his cubicle for many years, writing code. He didn’t appreciate the importance of connection. Vala describes his mindset as a silo mentality. "Silo, by definition," he says, "captures resources, knowledge, headcount, budget, a fancy title, and salary. The silo mentality is about capturing resources and protecting those resources." It wasn’t until his 40s that Vala understood the importance of resource flow. Around the same time, he realized that networking is all about giving. That was when things changed for him. He got into the resource flow of networking. "My first Tweet, I […]
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