KEYNOTE: Relationships Matter

Relationships Matter at LinkedIn, both inside and outside the company. Our core value means a lot to our members, because we help them find opportunity by connecting people across and within countries, industries and companies. From a mom in Maine set to build a company to a student in Bangalore off to looking for their first job, our goal is one: build meaningful relationships that will help them achieve their professional and life goals. I’ll show how this concept appears in all of our products, both in their overall design and in the small details.

Relationships Matter equally inside LinkedIn. On a personal level, that is how I joined LinkedIn, and inside the company, our international teams in 30 offices around the world as well as our development model are founded on relationships. Our 120 product and engineering teams, for example, are organized as a “federation of startups,” and we foster learning and connectivity by encouraging our employees to work across teams and move around the company.

Learn how we, as a high tech company, have put the simple truth that “humans are social” at the center of our business model and Product Management practice.