ESMT Insight Hour with Prof. Eric Quintane
The networks we build and the networks we need
November 3, 2026, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. CET
ESMT Berlin, Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin
and via livestream
This event will take place on campus and online. To attend, please register using the form below.
This event is part of Berlin Science Week 2026.
Research on social networks at work suggests that the logic that leads people to build relationships is not always the same logic that determines which relationships help them advance in their professional career. We invest in the colleagues we work with, and we should, but those are rarely the same people who matter for how a career unfolds over time.
ESMT Berlin Professor Eric Quintane studies how individual outcomes at work, from innovation to burnout, depend on the networks people build around themselves. In this Insight Hour, he will introduce the distinction between the operational relationships that support day-to-day work and the strategic relationships that matter for longer-term outcomes, and reflect on why each matters. Using an interactive tool he has developed, he will then walk the audience through how to map a network and read what its patterns reveal.
Join us for an evening on the science of networks, and on the relationships that usually stay hidden in plain sight.
About Eric Quintane
Eric Quintane is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior (with tenure) at ESMT. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Melbourne in Australia and is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne.
Eric's research work focuses on understanding the dynamics of interpersonal networks and their consequences for individuals (such as creativity or burnout). His research work has been published in peer-reviewed international journals in Management, Psychology, and Sociology.
Eric has taught and teaches courses related to organizational behavior, organizational theory, social networks theory and methods, and change leadership.