Like all the best digital media companies, LinkedIn has pivoted smartly to ensure its original raison d’etre – a job-seeking social networking site – has morphed into something more powerful, which perhaps its founders hadn’t anticipated. He opined that whilst LinkedIn is a ‘fact of life’ it’s also the ‘dull cousin’ of Facebook, ‘tolerated rather than loved and forgotten once we leave the office.’ Here’s one business report I read from a journalist on the Daily Telegraph. It will know customers better than ever.īut some don’t get it. And, second, as a relationship management tool, the content of which Microsoft can use for cross-marketing purposes. The real value of the site is two-fold.įirst, as a content-publishing platform in which key executives can expand networks, influence and opportunities. But I’m sure that Nadella, like me, knows that's all fluff.

Yes, I was also told that Lucinda has a new job, somebody I once met ‘likes’ a goofy video and also that an unnamed figure from the market research industry has been looking at my profile. And I was sent a piece from Henry Blodget, CEO of Business Insider about why the wages slump means it’s time for a ‘better capitalism.’ I learned from one of GSK's most senior executives how corporate leaders can transform their skills between America, Japan and the UK. So this morning I switched on to read a fascinating statistical analysis by one of Britain’s top economists, of why the top tier of British soccer is destined for a period of upsets as the also-rans catch up on the winners.

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