CEO Jeff Weiner Explains What LinkedIn Will Look Like in 10 Years

"The workforce of today is trained for the jobs of yesterday, not the jobs of tomorrow," said LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. In a fireside chat at Business Insider's Ignition 2012 conference in New York City, Weiner explained how recent changes to LinkedIn's service will impact the long-term growth of the company.

“The workforce of today is trained for the jobs of yesterday, not the jobs of tomorrow,” said LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. In a fireside chat at Business Insider’s IGNITION  conference in New York City, Weiner explained the role that recent changes to LinkedIn’s service will play in his long-term vision for the company.

Still the go-to destination for professionals to connect outside of more personal sites like Facebook, Weiner said that in the next 5 to 10 years, LinkedIn’s social graph, or map of personal connections, will evolve into an “economic graph” that shows the “underpinnings of the global economy.”

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