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Is LinkedIn One Step Away from Becoming the World's Largest Performance Management System?

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Posted December 9, 2012

Keywords: linkedin, Text Analytics, Workforce Data

I got an email today from some former colleagues (and current friends), adding me to a project listing on LinkedIn. “Very cool” I thought. Then, I did a double take. What’s to stop LinkedIn from getting rating from everyone who’s ever worked on a project with me? Lots of TM providers don’t even do this yet…

I don’t know what the plan is, but I would love to get my hands on the big data that results!

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Jeremy Shapiro

Jeremy Shapiro focuses on new ways to measure, then act on talent data inside of organizations. He works for a leading global financial institution. Jeremy is the co-author of HBR's October, 2010 cover article, "Competing on Talent Analytics" with Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris, and the book, "Ultimate Performance". Prior to his current role, Jeremy was an executive with the Omnicom Group ...

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