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The CEO of LinkedIn, Ryan Roslansky, has estimated that there is around 10 billion years’ worth of work experience. However, the experience is detained in the brains of at least 875 million users of the site. Roslansky said it is LinkedIn’s responsibility to tap into the massive skills base. They must free the knowledge to enhance both the global workforce and improve individual worker’s life.

The editor-in-chief of HBR, Adi Ignatius, seated with Roslansky in a video series, “The New World of Work”. They discussed about utilizing LinkedIn’s massive amount of worker data to match people with their skills according to market requirements. Meanwhile, Roslansky has a dynamic leadership nudge in a world of the political environment, inflation, and supposed recession.

The platform always puts skills precisely at the center of hiring decisions with downplaying degrees and aristocratic. It includes the total schooling period and their complete working experience in different positions and organizations. Roslansky added that the platform has started creating and displacing roles at a record pace. However, the pace of change wasn’t mentioned.

The New World of Work will Discover Productivity for Success

Roslancky said your job is supposedly changing on you, even if you don’t need to change your job. The New World of Work would discover how leading executives suggest the future. They also explore how their firms are struggling to bring more productivity for success. Moreover, Ignatius interviews a top leader on LinkedIn live each week. The earlier interviews include former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi.

However, Ignatius also interviewed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and shared an inside overview of these conversations. He also requested questions in a newsletter for future discussions but only for HBR subscribers. Ignatius asked everybody how they become at this level including their background and their one or 2 crucial moments.

Roslansky Described “Luck” as the Key Factor

Meanwhile, Roslansky said it was an honor for him to become the CEO of LinkedIn, especially during a critical environment. He also pointed out 3 important that drove him to reach this level. The first and the most important element in success is directly connected to luck. He said his parents were caring & loving and trained him. They taught him the value of work and the importance of a better education.

However, he believes the 2nd element is also luck because he was a newcomer in college in 1996. It was the time when the internet just started its journey. He met some intelligent people, created a group, and established a company. He learned how to code, about the internet, and the understanding the latest technology. Roslansky smiled and said the 3rd factor is also luck.

Roslansky Joined Yahoo as a Junior Product Manager

Roslansky said he joined as a junior product manager at Yahoo!, a long time ago. He got the benefit to work with and meet Jeff Weiner (one of the CEO of LinkedIn). Roslansky came with Weiner as his first employee. There was a plethora of hard work but he didn’t take a major step back. So, luck played its role in maintaining his position with more advancement.

However, Roslansky also shared a hot topic because you must take a look at the past couple of years. Every company around the world started rethinking how the company during the pandemic. Most people were found just thinking instead of actually doing how their company can work efficiently. It led to a factor with a massive talent reshuffle over the last couple of years.