Brainstorming

Following on from our mind map session we were then asked to brainstorm the ideas of how Interior Design relates to "The Law of the Few" chapter in the Tipping point. We got together in groups and compared this idea as much as we could before we then went off on our own to discuss in further depth any areas that we found particularly interesting. While brainstorming within our discussion group we looked at how "The law of the Few" relates to Interior and Environmental design. We looked at how this can happen through the different people you can and will meet in this world. The mavens, connectors, and salesmen. Now at first we looked at the most obvious or the main aspect of communicating and how the connections of many different people can help broadcast you as a well known Interior Designer. Through doing so you can create an army of contacts that may one day be of use. The social networking side of it can create a huge impact on your career, by the simple use of blogging and using your very own web site to display pieces of work or blog about your up and coming activities/events. It could also be the face to face interaction between people or just like in the Tipping Point where you can create a word of mouth epidemic that in some way or another could be of valuable use to your profile. What appeared a lot through out our discussion and was of particular interest to me was how all three, mavens connectors and salesmen have to be combined in order to really succeed in the Industry of Design not just in Interior and Environmental. You have to take the attributes of a connector in order to have a large social network behind you, that helps link up everyone in the world. Also the way mavens have the knack of accumulating a vast amount of information about the marketplace and the negotiating skills of a Salesman, to persuade and convince to your client that your ideas are worth while.