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How Twitter Users Can Generate Better Ideas

June 1, 2015 | Salvatore Parise, Eoin Whelan, Steve Todd | Innovation

New research shows a link between the amount of diversity in employees' Twitter networks and the quality of their ideas. "A diverse network provides exposure to people from different fields who behave and think differently,” write Salvatore Parise (Babson College), Eoin Whelan (National University of Ireland) and Steve Todd (EMC Corporation). They found that the more diverse a person's social network, the more likely that person is to be innovative. They also found that Twitter users who are both idea scouts and idea connectors are especially valuable in the workplace.

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