Networking—A Thermodynamic Necessity

What are the main “weapons” in the armory of the food professional?

The first and most obvious is, of course, food science and technology knowledge. The second is workplace experience wisdom to apply that knowledge. The third is personal networking.

Networking has three laws, like the three laws of thermodynamics. The first, the “zeroth law,” is that everyone you know is part of your personal network. That is the bottom line in equilibrium, as in the gas law, but is only the foundation to build o…