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April 12, 2026 · 4 min read
4 Relationship Traps That Lead to Burnout | Eric Quintane | TED
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- 1As a professor of organizational behavior, I study people in organizations through a very specific lens: their relationships and the networks they ...
- 2Over the last 30 years, we've accumulated vast empirical evidence showing that these networks matter across cultural contexts, industries, and type...
- 3Meet Kelly, who exists in what we call a cohesive network structure.
- 4Alex represents a very different structure - an open network where her colleagues don't know each other and have little awareness of one another.
- 5While we've extensively studied the positive benefits of these network structures, we've had very little understanding of their negative outcomes.
Overview
As a professor of organizational behavior, I study people in organizations through a very specific lens: their relationships and the networks they build with each other. When we apply this network perspective to organizations, we start to see hidden patterns that weren't visible before - departments that are more interconnected than expected, or entire teams that appear almost completely disconnected from the rest of the organization.
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