Network intelligence

Each prompt is ready to paste into Ask O. Swap the bracketed parts for your own, and mention people and companies with @ so O finds them in your network.

Review your week

For: Everyone. When: Friday. What happened, who did you meet, what carries over.

It's the end of the week. Do a weekly review of my conversations, messages, email and calendar, and who I connected with, so I get a 360 view of new connections and what to keep top of mind for next week.

The run, recorded in O (other people's names and photos blurred)

What O does that a search can’t: Reads across every channel and writes the review you would not have written. Time saved: 30 to 60 min.

My network is going stale

For: Everyone. When: Once a month, before it costs you.

Show me the ten people in my network I should reconnect with this month, with a specific, non-generic reason for each based on what has changed on their side.

What O does that a search can’t: The reason is drawn from their side (role change, raise, exit), not from how long it has been. Time saved: 1 h.

What is the inferred network of this company

For: Everyone. When: Understanding an organisation through the people who moved through it.

What is the inferred network of @[company]? Show me the alumni movement: where people came from, where they went, and which of them I can reach.

What O does that a search can’t: Draws the organisation as a flow of people over time, not an org chart. Time saved: 2 h.

Summarise my network

For: Everyone. When: A snapshot for yourself or a partner.

Create a summary of my network: the most influential people, where it is strong and where it is thin, and what I should do about it.

What O does that a search can’t: A SWOT of your own relationships, with the names behind each finding. Time saved: 2 h.

Who did I connect with, and what does it say

For: Everyone. When: Every couple of weeks.

Who did I connect with in the past two weeks? Give me a table with their industries and companies, and tell me what pattern you see.

What O does that a search can’t: A table plus the reading across it. Time saved: 20 min.

Who should I introduce to each other

For: Everyone. When: Being useful to your own network.

Inside my @[circle], who are the five pairs of people I should introduce to each other, where their backgrounds fill gaps in each other's work?

What O does that a search can’t: Finds complementary pairs, with the reason to make each introduction. Time saved: 1 h.

Who did I meet at that event

For: Everyone. When: Months later, a name you cannot place.

Who did I meet at [event] on [dates]? What did we talk about, and did anything come of it?

What O does that a search can’t: Calendar, messages and connection dates, stitched into one answer. Time saved: 30 min.

Prepare my week

For: Everyone. When: Monday morning.

Help me prepare for the week ahead. Go through my emails, calendar and messages: what is coming, who do I need to get back to, and where should I spend my attention?

What O does that a search can’t: A plan built from your own channels, not a to-do list you typed. Time saved: 45 min.

Where my network is thin

For: Everyone. When: Planning where to spend the next quarter of relationships.

Given what I'm building at [company], where is my network strong and where is it thin? Who are the ten people I should establish a relationship with, and who can get me to each?

What O does that a search can’t: Gap analysis against your goal, with the paths to close it. Time saved: 2 h.

Set a reminder on a relationship

For: Everyone. When: You promised to follow up.

Remind me [tomorrow at 16:00] to reach out to @[person] about [topic].

What O does that a search can’t: The reminder lives with the relationship, so the context comes back with it. Time saved: a forgotten promise. Browse every use case on one page, with filters: the Ask O menu.

​Review your week

​My network is going stale

​What is the inferred network of this company

​Summarise my network

​Who did I connect with, and what does it say

​Who should I introduce to each other

​Who did I meet at that event

​Prepare my week

​Where my network is thin

​Set a reminder on a relationship