In my last email, I told you about the success of bringing two people in my network together over a lunch meeting, and how that led me to organize a lunch with ten professionals shortly thereafter. This larger-format lunch eventually came to be known as an “un-networking lunch,” a particular style of event that I’ve perfected over the years.

This single strategy has completely replaced the 1:1 lunch model I was inefficiently utilizing for years. I have now hosted o...