


As many of Dream Grow’s regular readers may know, I’m pretty knowledgeable about a broad range of topics relating to business, tech, and where these two things intersect.īut I didn’t go to college. I’m no novice when it comes to developing new skills, both professional and personal. Prepare to have these questions answered. To put it bluntly, LinkedIn is perfectly positioned to offer an industry-leading professional development product.Ĭan a company that’s so focused on maintaining the world’s biggest professional network ALSO deliver a product that can compete with the world's best online learning platforms?Īre they spreading themselves a little thin here? Can they really compete with other big players in the ever-growing online learning space? On top of this, LinkedIn’s 2015 acquisition of – at the time one of the world’s leading online learning platforms – gave them access to a wealth of excellent seed content.

I’ll be honest, I can’t think of an online platform that’s better suited to helping people develop their professional skills than LinkedIn.
