The Human Cloud Podcast

Description: David is a 30+ year vet in helping companies and leaders embrace external talent. From his early days of running a home based business to his current role helping companies hire freelance teams, David is a wealth of knowledge. 2:00 - David's background experience starting a home business in the late 90's and how entrepreneurs from Richard Branson to freelancers all started with a home business 2:06 - Background on why he joined Fieldglass to adapt to the speed of needing to train people in 2005 7:20 - Why why we need to go beyond hiring individuals and why he's all in on freelance teams 10:00 - history and tools of home based businesses 18:00 - What is Fieldglass, Vendor Management Systems and MSP's 23:45 - The complexity of using external talent. Hint...how do you define the work, find the talent, approve the talent, onboard the talent...AT SCALE 27:57 - Why external talent? 33:20 - What needs to happen for the freelance economy to be the norm? Hint...Atomize by breaking it into smaller chunks, shift from top down to bottom up. 34:15 - Will the world be 100% freelancers? LOL's... 40:00 - Traits of companies that are leading the way? Hint...Collaboration and visibility across the organization, especially between Procurement, HR, and working teams. 45:00 - Regional differences 49:21 - Blue collar vs white collar differences (physical vs knowledge work) 54:00 - What does the future look like? "Atoms will become molecules, freelancers will form into teams, freelancer usage will be formalized (we'll go from B2C to B2B)" Connect with David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-obadia/

Do you have a diversified Human Cloud portfolio? With inflation, layoffs, and the inevitable recession, it's never been more important to have opportunities within an arms reach. Learn what this means in this week's episode.

: 5 FREE Office Optional books, instructions at the bottom. Centric Consulting is a leading technology consultancy. Founder Larry English hops on the pod to discuss his journey building Centric, the future of client services, the challenges in the way of remote and hybrid work, and how leadership is evolving from the current generation to millennials and Gen-Z. 4:20 - The early days of Centric (started 1999) 6:00 - His WHY: Center everything around client and employee happiness. 9:00 - How to attract the best and brightest consultants 11:50 - The impact of remote work on local communities 16:00 - The perfect balance of freelancers and full time employees 27:00 - The catalyst for CEO's giving in to remote work 37:00 - Different freelancer personas To get your free book: Email your favorite animal to hello@humancloud.work.

Welcome back to Emily Leach, 30 year freelance veteran and founder of the nation's largest freelance conference. This week we play ping pong with the freelance economy, bouncing back between the freelancers point of view, CTO's point of view, and freelance marketplace point of view. We'll talk: > How inflation disproportionately impacts small businesses > How 'un'realistic the replacement of full time employment with freelancers is > How actually realistic the merging of freelance benefits with full time employment is Enjoy and don't forget to sign up to the Human Cloud Newsletter: https://humancloud.substack.com/

Ep. 51: What a week. The Bank of Israel moves to reduce the dollar and add the Yuan. Netflix plunged 35%. Thank god for the freelance economy

What a week, besides Luka Musk making an appearance, we saw: > Jamie Dimon, CEO JPMorgan Chase & Co. says “It’s clear that working from home will become more permanent in American business”. > Freelance Teams are making waves. > ITARMI reaching 144 countries. Shoutout Brett Riley and Team. > Formations raising $8m in their Series A. Shoutout Uri Bar-Joseph and Shahar Plinner. > UnderPinned and Parker Dewey highlighted for helping fix higher education through the freelance economy. Shoutout Albert de Symons Azis-Clauson 🦚 and Jeffrey Moss 👊 > Etsy increases sellers fee from 5% to 6.5% and over 20,000 sellers protest. And the hero of the week is....Krispy Kreme for selling a dozen doughnuts for the price of gas. copy/paste each star along with funny Luca pics here: https://humancloud.substack.com/p/72-freelance-teams-it-support-platform?s=r

While the average American can't afford a home and is increasingly feeling the push of inflation, Miami's Mayor runs 4 miles in the middle of a 50+ runners (the definition of leadership). We'll also break down how the freelance economy can bring back the middle class if implemented correctly.

Stephanie Nadi Olson is a founder we can all relate to. She's scrappy. She's a big dreamer. Yet she's practical and in her words, is a "big dreamer with a desire for stability". 4 years ago she created We Are Rosie, a flexible career platform for marketers. In her words, We Are Rosie provides their Rosies, "a platform that gives them the career they desire and the life they deserve." In this episode we'll dig deep into: Why she built We Are Rosie How she went from corporate to startup to founder How work can be inclusive and flexible for all Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snadi/

Big News! Our (Real) Leader Portal is live! Check it out here: https://humancloud.substack.com/s/leaders This episode, the Matts talk retention bonuses, the newfound sense of financial security for freelance workers, trying (and failing) to enforce a full-time return to office, and the broadening of our talent pool to be more inclusive. Old Matt doesn't know what a "debo" is only to learn he's misheard. They say hearing is the first thing to go...

The Matts dig into a significant legal win for freelance that largely went unnoticed. Inflation continues picking up steam, and the feds respond by raising interest rates. We also cover the ins and outs of hybrid work, including what works and what doesn't. Plus, Old Matt gives begrudging props to Mr. Musk's most recent tweets.