BROADCASTS.com

Brought to you by Miro\u2014A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Brave Search API\u2014An independent, global search index you can use to power your search or AI app | Eppo\u2014Run reliable, impactful experiments

\u2014

Hari Srinivasan is VP of Product at LinkedIn Talent Solutions, where he oversees LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Jobs, and LinkedIn Learning. He\u2019s also a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford University. Previously, he served as the CEO and founder of We Created It, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2014. Hari has a passion for building products, with experience ranging from creating the first U.S. hybrid SUV to developing a No. 1 app and writing a beloved children\u2019s book. In today\u2019s episode, we discuss:

\u2022 LinkedIn\u2019s unique business model and org structure

\u2022 How to optimize your LinkedIn experience and improve your chances of getting a PM role

\u2022 How to adapt to a skills-first talent market

\u2022 The story of Hari\u2019s failed first product review, and how he pivoted for success

\u2022 Strategies for building and maintaining complex systems

\u2022 How to get into product management

\u2014

Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/linkedins-product-evolution-and-the

\u2014

Where to find Hari Srinivasan:

\u2022 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsrinivasan1/

\u2022 Website: https://www.mindofhari.com/

\u2014

Where to find Lenny:

\u2022 Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com

\u2022 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan

\u2022 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/

\u2014

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Hari\u2019s background

(05:04) How Twitter brought Lenny and Hari together

(06:32) LinkedIn\u2019s positive evolution, and what they did right

(10:14) Specific changes that made LinkedIn\u2019s feed more interesting

(11:12) Understanding the algorithm and what kinds of content perform best

(12:21) The talent solution product

(15:46) The shift to skills-first hiring, and how LinkedIn changed their approach

(20:24) The open-to-work signal, and the newly released open-to-internal-work signal

(22:13) The PM talent landscape, and tips for landing a PM role

(24:55) How to optimize your LinkedIn profile to get noticed by recruiters

(28:38) Hari\u2019s first product review at LinkedIn

(30:38) LinkedIn\u2019s North Star, and how to operationalize the North Star at any company

(33:24) LinkedIn\u2019s members-first value

(35:32) Building and maintaining complex systems

(38:09) The RAPID framework and the Five-Day Alignment framework

(39:51) What LinkedIn looks for in new hires

(40:51) The latest innovations at LinkedIn

(43:16) LinkedIn Learning

(45:00) Hari\u2019s product management course

(48:19) Advice for people hoping to get into product management

(50:40) How to level up your PM skills

(51:57) Hari\u2019s creative side projects\xa0

(55:02) Lightning round

\u2014

Referenced:

\u2022 Tweet from TheCuriousPM: https://twitter.com/zatin_jatin/status/1658616200560254978?s=20

\u2022 The Curious PM on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zatin_jatin

\u2022 Decision-making at LinkedIn: https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2018/03/scaling-decision-making-across-teams-within-linkedin-engineering

\u2022 LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning

\u2022 Thinking in Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557

\u2022 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-novel-Gabrielle-Zevin/dp/0593321200

\u2022 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us: https://www.amazon.com/Immense-World-Animal-Senses-Reveal/dp/0593133234

\u2022 Star Wars on Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/brand/star-wars

\u2022 Case 63 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4c9ZKaFtEKweSYOlYvxfvp

\u2022 E.T. on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/607451/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial

\u2022 BriteBrush: https://www.amazon.com/BriteBrush-Interactive-Smart-Toothbrush-featuring/dp/B07VLL8QH4

\u2014

Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.

\u2014

Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.