In the Validation Era, intimacy is in and publicness may be out - or at least on the decline. Quality is the new black. What this means that both individuals and businesses will need to increasingly work harder to earn their way in and remain in our stakeholders' circle of trust.

Read this interesting article by Steve Rubel where he describes that the democratization of content creation has resulted in information overload. And as a consequence, that we are entering a new era where more intimate connections and true expertise will be valued much higher.

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