For today's essential Heretics 101 feature, we talk to Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn's first hired CHRO. Steve dissects LinkedIn's hypergrowth challenges, contrarian HR principles, and the fundamental shift from acquiring to developing talent internally.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(01:50) LinkedIn's Identity Crisis: When Your Product Is Your Problem

(02:40) The Million-Dollar Question: "Why Would Anyone Want to Work Here?"

(04:35) HR's Only Two Products: Judgment and Credibility

(05:00) The Performance Review Rebellion

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(07:21) Jeff Weiner's Intensity Philosophy: "I Live Off Chaos"

(08:10) The Vulnerability Breakthrough: How a CEO Learned to Inspire

(10:15) The Ownership Revolution: Why Leadership Teams Must Own HR

(11:15) Remote Work Reality Check: "We Don't Know Yet"

(12:00) Blitz Scaling Failures: Inheritors vs. Builders

(13:43) The Perfectionist's Trap: "Do You Hear All Those Balls Dropping?"

(14:20) Why He'll Never Return: The Six-Year-Old's Question That Changed Everything

(15:27) Future of Work: From Buy Talent to Build Talent Economy

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