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May 2022
31 m

The Collaboration Muscle: LinkedIn’s Ya ...

MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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Over the course of her nine-year tenure at LinkedIn, Ya Xu has held technology roles with increasing responsibility. Today, she heads the data function for the online professional networking platform. Ya joins hosts Sam and Shervin in this episode to discuss AI’s essential role in helping LinkedIn create the best “matches” — content creators with content con ... Show More
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