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From the editorial team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel.

And this is Hello Monday, a show where I investigate

how we're changing the nature of work and how that work is changing us.

And this, this is our very first episode.

I've been writing about technology for nearly two decades.

I've been around long enough to remember when my space seemed like a bigger deal than Facebook.

I once wrote a cover story for Fortune and the title of the article was

iPhone versus Blackberry.

Because back then, in 2009, we really didn't know the answer yet.

But here's the thing, the tech wasn't the most interesting part to me.

It never has been.

What I've always cared about is its impact on people,

on how we live and on how we work.

And man has work changed.

That's why I wanted to do this podcast,

because somehow we all need to figure out how to change along with it.

So each week, I'll bring you interviews with people who figured out something important

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