The networking trick nobody teaches you

Hello Reader Most of us have been to enough networking events to know exactly how it goes. Someone asks what you do. You tell them. They tell you what they do. You both reach for a drink. You make an inane comment about the weather (particularly true for events in Melbourne). You then excuse yourself to go to the bathroom. And while everyone on this planet says they hate small talk, we all (so easily) fall into this pattern at events. And I think that the problem lies in our ability to know...