The Human Cloud Podcast

REPEAT GUEST!!! Glen is our legal wizard. We'll discuss what's legally in the way of the freelance economy, and how we can drive policies that help, not hinder the over 100 million freelancers globally. 7:25 Current platform worker proposals 13:45 What's in the way of govt's supporting the independenting workforce 18:30 How does government change happen? 27:00 What is the responsibility of freelance platforms? 31:00 What is the worst case for freelancers 32:50 What is the worst case for companies 37:40 How Covid changed mindsets and created a window of opportunity 41:23 Where will the freelance economy be in 5 years? 46:28 What can leaders do right now to push this industry forward 53:40 What can platforms be doing?

Layoffs, hiring freezes, and increased inflation...what does this mean for you as a leader? It means doubling your usage of contractors, prioritizing outcomes, and leaning into digital. The Matts also discuss Maslow's Hierarchy of Freelancer Needs and how companies and job seekers need to evolve from resume "spray and pray" and antiquated screening mechanisms.

What exactly is the future of work? It's remote first. It's freelance first. Yet these are just the surface. Below these sexy buzzwords are the industries of staffing, VMS, MSP's, contingent talent, etc., along with extensive procurement, HR and legal departments trying to read through the noise. While the terms seem boring compares to Web 3, creator economy, passion economy...they're the difference between cute thousand dollar projects and $1 billion dollar programs or companies.

Braintrust introduces full time benefits and web 3 partners. In their words, “the freedom of freelancing and stability of benefits”. Inflation CPI increases 8.3%. Starbucks hit with over 200 violations of the National Labor Relations Act according to Regional director of National Relations Board in Buffalo. Google revamps performance reviews after employees cite low pay compared to competitors. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is thriving ever since he made remote the default for every employee. Ollo (creative freelance platform) acquired by Bpool (agency platform).

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