In this episode of the Transform Work Podcast , we welcome Miles Everso n , CEO of MBO Partners, and business builder and author of Free Birds Revolution: The Future of Work & the Independent Mind . Miles’ book is a must-read for anyone navigating today’s rapidly evolving workforce. It explores the rise of independent professionals and provides leaders with essential strategies to become the ‘client of choice’ for top talent. Whether you're a solopreneur or a corporate executive, his in...
Mar 06, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the Transform Work podcast features Jeff Nugent, the Co-Founder and CEO of Independently, as well as the Co-founder of the Contingent Workforce Institute. Independently is a compliance-as-a-service platform that leverages AI to deliver rigorous, unbiased evaluations and guaranteed compliance for independent contractors worldwide. It empowers businesses and staffing agencies to engage on-demand talent confidently and in line with complex regulatory standards. Jeff is a distinguish...
Nov 15, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the Open Assembly Transform Work podcast welcomes Raphael Ouzan, the Founder & CEO of A.Team. A.Team is a platform that connects companies with highly skilled freelance product builders, engineers, and designers to create elite, on-demand teams for mission-critical projects. Raphael Ouzan A.Team
Aug 29, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the Transform Work podcast welcomes Shib Mathew. Shib is the founder of YunoJuno, a platform that revolutionizes the way businesses source and manage their highly-skilled freelancers. After successfully exiting YunoJuno in 2023, after reaching $2bn in freelancer bookings, Shib now dedicates his expertise to advising companies on crafting effective freelance strategies and leveraging contingent labor for competitive advantage. Recently, he launched Freedom Unscripted Films, a shor...
Aug 16, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Transform Work podcast episode welcomes Iman Fadaei, founder of TalentPools. TalentPools lets anyone launch their online talent pool in just one day to make better use of their candidate databases. Organizations of any size can build their own branded talent platform and match jobs with candidates at scale. Iman Fadaei TalentPools Employ Ukraine...
Jul 24, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Transform Work podcast, presented by Open Assembly. In this episode, John Winsor is joined by Adam Jackson. Adam is the co-founder of Braintrust, the world's first user-controlled talent platform that eliminates intermediaries, returning value directly to talent and organizations. Braintrust's innovative model allows talent to keep 100% of their market rate, enabling organizations to build flexible teams and extend their budgets 2-3 times further. Adam, a serial technolo...
Jun 10, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Transform Work podcast episode features Benjamin Plummer, the CEO of Invisible Technologies. Invisible is the operations innovation company transforming how companies are built and run. Leveraging their unique process orchestration platform, they integrate AI and automation with a worldwide network of more than 2000 experts. This fusion delivers new capabilities and removes barriers to execution for clients, unlocking unprecedented efficiency, scale, and growth opportunities. Benjamin Plumm...
Apr 23, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This edition of the Transform Work podcast welcomes Bharath Vasudevan, Chief Capability Officer, Business Process Services at Tech Mahindra, and Dhananjay Deshmukh, Vice President, Crowdsourcing at Tech Mahindra. Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business solutions, has recently launched Populii. On this new crowdsourcing platform, open talent can undertake micro jobs with top firms, offering flexible work and helping businesses improve AI algorithms wi...
Mar 04, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the Transform Work podcast features Lee Willoughby, Co-Founder at Bubty. Bubty is a white-label external workforce technology, that consolidates a company's resources into a custom-built talent pool platform built for global contractor and freelancer management, including onboarding, compliance, contract administration, and worldwide payment handling. Lee Willoughby Bubty...
Feb 27, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the Transform Work podcast features Jeremy Johnson, the CEO and Co-Founder at Andela. Andela is a global talent marketplace that connects companies with vetted, remote technologists spanning six continents. Leading companies around the world trust Andela to scale teams quickly and accelerate their product roadmap. Jeremy Johnson Andela
Jan 30, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast The first Transform Work podcast of 2024 features Manuel Meurer, Founder & CEO at Uplink. Uplink is a platform that connects professional IT freelancers with high-quality IT projects by offering fair and transparent job postings and an active online community. Manuel is a freelance developer, turned founder with the vision to create a vibrant, meaningful community that supports IT freelancers in all areas of their working lives. Manuel Meurer Uplink Nick Oestreich GitHub Copilot MacGPT Do Yo...
Jan 11, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of the Transform Work podcast, John Winsor checks in with Michael Contreras, the Founder of Ensemble. Ensemble is a digital transformation agency powered by open talent that delivers innovative solutions to some of the most recognizable public agencies including NASA. Michael is a former general manager at Wipro and Topcoder, and a past AAAS Science & Technology Fellow at the Department of Energy. Michael Contreras Ensemble...
Dec 26, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This edition of the Transform Work podcast welcomes Agnieszka Porebska, the CEO at Talent Alpha. Talent Alpha is an IT talent marketplace with more than 50,000 experts, based mostly in Central and Eastern Europe, providing rapid access to a broad range of tech specialists for short- and long-term projects. The platform also enables software companies to engage with some of the world’s largest brands and helps them unlock new business opportunities. Agnieszka Porebska Talent Alpha...
Dec 18, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Transform Work episode welcomes Miles Everson , the CEO of MBO Partners. MBO Partners is a direct sourcing platform that enables independent professionals to do business safely and effectively with enterprise organizations. Its unmatched experience and industry leadership enable it to operate at the forefront of the independent economy. Miles has worked with many of the world's largest and most prominent organizations, specializing in executive management. He helps companies balance gr...
Nov 16, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Transform Work podcast episode features Maari Casey, Founder and CEO of Uncompany. Uncompany is a hybrid between a creative agency and a creative staffing firm, connecting clients with high-level freelancers. They provide freelance project teams and curated talent pools that allow clients to work quickly and flexibly with top-tier creative talent. Maari is an ad agency art director, turned freelancer, turned entrepreneur, and she is passionate about the future of work and its ability to pro...
Oct 31, 2023•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Open Assembly Transform Work podcast edition features Úna Herlihy, Co-founder and curator of The Indie List. The founding story of The Indie List is fantastic, and she and her co-founder Peter McPartlin are creating something special. The Indie List is Ireland’s online talent-management company representing a diverse range of the best independent talent in the marketing, communications, digital, and e-commerce sectors. They offer seamless access to exceptional talent who deliver brilliant i...
Oct 16, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast The episode of the Transform Work podcast is with Ilyse Shuster-Frohman , the Founder and CEO of Mothership . Mothership is a DEI-focused and skills-based open talent marketplace that connects entrepreneurs, enterprises, and high-value SMEs with highly efficient experts who can perform a myriad of creative and professional services. Their marketplace is backed by proprietary technology and AI to seamlessly connect quality hires with quality clients....
Sep 18, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Transform Work podcast welcomes Jason Posel , the founder and CEO of Greenlight.ai. GreenLight.ai works with leading talent marketplaces to help them scale with enterprise clients, and with enterprise clients to help them scale their contingent workforce. They provide API-first, private-label compliance solutions with features designed specifically for staffing businesses and contract workers. Jason is an expert in managing open talent workforce payroll programs, as well as contractor classi...
Sep 06, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast This edition of the Transform Work podcast features Kelvin Wetherill, the founder and CEO of Supportwave. Supportwave is an innovative IT services platform that connects businesses with on-demand IT experts. Their unique approach to skill sourcing facilitates hiring IT talent for project-based work and dedicated resources. Supportwave Kelvin Wetherill Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges...
Aug 07, 2023•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This installment of the Transform Work Podcast features Darren Murph who is the Vice President of Workplace Design and Remote Experience at Andela . Andela is a platform that specializes in helping their highly skilled, global technology talent community connect with hundreds of the world’s leading companies Darren has been featured in The Forbes Future of Work 50 and cited by CNBC as an Oracle of Remote Work....
May 30, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the Transform Work podcast welcomes Danny Gal. Danny is a lead director at Proteams, a company that builds and manages digital teams with Europe’s top freelancers to successfully deliver digital products and services to leading enterprises. Danny is a commercial and operations expert who has led multinational and high-growth tech companies for more than 15 years. Danny Gal Proteams Transformworksummit.com...
May 22, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Transform Work podcast, we check in with Wael Mohammed Executive Vice President of Strategy at Field Nation , an expert marketplace and workflow management platform that delivers skilled, onsite professionals anytime, anywhere. Wael has a passion for identifying innovative concepts and transforming them into viable market solutions. He has a deep belief that the promise of data will significantly and positively change lives....
May 11, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of the WORK. podcast, Open Assembly founder John Winsor checks in with Bettina Schaller . Bettina is the Senior Vice President of Global Government and Public Affairs at The Addeco Group where she oversees regulatory and policy issues. She is also the President of the World Employment Confederation , which represents labor market enablers in 50 countries and 7 of the largest international workforce solutions companies. Bettina is a global labor market expert and thought leader an...
Feb 03, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the WORK. podcast, John Winsor sits down with Vikram Ashok. Vik is the Founder and CEO of Graphite, a platform enabling seamless access to the world's best independent talent. Fortune 1000 companies, professional services and investment firms turn to Graphite to access hard-to-find skills and expertise. To alleviate bandwidth constraints. And, drive major organizational change, innovate faster and build a modern workforce of highly skilled remote talent. Show Notes: Vikram A...
Nov 17, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the WORK. podcast welcomes Tammy Browning , the President of KellyOCG . Kelly OCG is the he outsourcing and consulting business of Kelly , and Tammy is responsible for the company’s more than $10 billion global MSP portfolio. She is always seeking new ways to add value for her customers by helping them discover what’s next in the future of work. She is passionate about the opportunity to change lives and provide talent with purposeful work....
Nov 02, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of the WORK podcast we welcome back Simon Hill, the founder and CEO of Wazoku. Wazoku is an idea management and open innovation platform which enables organizations of any size to drive innovation at scale. John Winsor interviewed Simon two years ago, just after the acquisition of Innocentive, and much has happened since then as the company continues to help organizations solve their toughest problems. Show Notes: Simon Hill Wazoku Innocentive WORK Podcast with Simon Hill from Au...
Aug 17, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode WORK. podcast features Rich Wilson, the CEO and Co-founder of Gigged.AI. Gigged.AI is an ecosystem to make tech talent hiring easier by using Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technologies. Rich is an experienced leader who has had senior positions with Allegis Group and Gartner, and is passionate about mental health, technology and the future of work. Rich Wilson Gigged.AI Allegis Group Gartner Upwork Fiverr Paul Estes - Gig Mindset Jon Younger...
Aug 05, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast This edition of the WORK. podcast welcomes Prakash Gupta. Prakash is the Chief Revenue Officer at Turing. Turing is an Intelligent Talent Cloud that uses deep expertise in Machine Learning and Data Science to deliver top engineers to build your software development dream team. Prakash Gupta Turing
Jun 27, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast This WORK. features Cal Adamson, the Co-founder and CEO of Distributed. Distributed is a private talent cloud platform that has rebuilt enterprise outsourcing to harness modern freelancer developer talent at scale. Show notes: Cal Adamson Distributed Topcoder Gigster Turing Toptal Elastic Teams Center of the Transformation of Work...
May 30, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the WORK. podcast features Mynul Khan, the Founder and CEO of Field Nation. Founded in 2008, Field Nation is a leading online work marketplace for connecting people to get work done. The online platform combines a deep expertise marketplace with a complete project and workflow management platform to deliver skilled, onsite professionals anytime and anywhere. Show notes: Mynul Kahn Field Nation Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business by Jeff How...
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