The Transform Work podcast brought to you by Open Assembly features the best and brightest thinkers leaders, organizations, platforms, freelance workers, and academics devoted to advancing the thinking and practical application of open work strategies. Here you will find thought leadership, connections, and content in a collaborative effort to transform work.
This episode of the WORK. Podcast features Sam Orrin, the Global Director of Business Development at Worksome. Worksome is a platform that makes managing a contingent workforce fast and painless by automating freelancer and contractor payments, billing, and compliance processes. Sam Orrin Worksome Center of the Transformation of Work YunoJuno Staffing Industry Analysts Turing Toptal Upwork Dweet Braintrust...
This edition of the WORK. podcast features Mina Bastawros, the Vice President of Creative and Digital Marketing at Airbus, where he oversees how to do better marketing, but also marketing better at Airbus. Mina Bastawros Airbus Stever Rader Crispin Porter & Bogusky Havas Harvard Business Press Barry Matthews Freelancer.com Upwork Experfy Jimmy Chin Free Solo...
This episode of the WORK. podcast welcomes David Alberts. David is the Chairman and Co Founder of BeenThereDoneThat, a Network Intelligence System powered by a Global Community of 350 of the worlds most experienced Chief Strategic , Chief Creative and Chief Innovation Officers. His mission is to Harness the World’s Best Thinkers to Solve the World's Toughest Problems. David Alberts BeenThereDoneThat Victors & Spoils Alex Bogusky Crispin Porter & Bogusky Matt Close Baked In Tinker Ha...
This Work Podcast, brought to you by Open Assembly, features Enrique Rubio. Enrique is the Founder of Hacking HR , a global learning community of HR leaders, practitioners, vendors, consultants, and everyone else interested in advancing the HR profession.
This episode of the WORK. podcast welcomes back Mike Morris. Mike is the Co-founder and CEO of Torc. Torc is a new platform connecting the most productive software engineers with great companies all while pioneering the use of data to understand and measure developer productivit y. Show Notes: Torc Dave Messinger Adam Sandlin Chris DeLaurentis Mike Cardillo Frank D’Souza Josh Miller Rob Biederman Karim Lakhani Catalant Cognizant Topcoder Velocity Networks Barry Matthews...
This episode of the WORK. Podcast features Shoba Purushothaman. Shoba is the Co-Founder of Hardskills, a corporate learning platform that helps enterprises train their workforces in the hard-to-teach behaviors, skills, and mindsets needed for the new world of work. Shoba Purushothaman Hardskills
During this WORK. podcast we welcome Neil Carberry, the CEO of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation which is a leading membership organization for recruitment and staffing firms based in the UK. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation helps UK's professional recruiters have a lasting impact on the economy as well as candidates' lives - making great work happen everyday. Neil Carberry The Recruitment and Employment Confederation LISH NASA Deloitte Upwork Zurich Insurance Ti...
This episode of the WORK podcast features future of work expert Jeff Schwartz. Jeff is a Senior Advisor in the Future of Work at Deloitte Consulting, author of the book WORK DISRUPTED, an Adjunct Professor Columbia Business School and last year was named the Vice President of Insights and Impact at Gloat. Gloat is the first-ever Internal Talent Marketplace that helps enterprises democratize career development, unlock skills, and future-proof their workforces leveraging AI to facilitate internal ...
This episode of the WORK. podcast features Mark Hannant . Mark is the Co-founder of Magenta , a creative agency specializing in B2B thought leadership, and the Co-founder of Indigo Premedia , a pioneer of remote work and outsourcing to agency clients. Mark is passionate about the open talent economy and the role it will play in the future of work. Mark Hannant Magenta Jon Younger Mark's TEDx talk: Work: A thing you do not a place you go John Healy Wipro Topcoder Subha Tatavarti Paul Hlivko ...
Open Assembly, the global authority on open talent and open innovation, announces the merging of Re-source, one of Europe’s leading open talent and human cloud advisors, into the organization. The collaboration adds consulting expertise to Open Assembly’s thought leadership and convenings, and strengthens Open Assembly as the industry’s go to location for businesses’ adoption of open talent including freelancing, crowdsourcing, open innovation, and the gig economy. The partnership marks Open Ass...
This WORK. podcast features Dror Gurevich, the Chief Executive Officer of Velocity Career Labs and the Velocity Network Foundation. These organizations co-exist to reinvent how career records and credentials are shared across the labor market, empowering individuals, businesses and educational institutions through transformational blockchain technology. Show notes: Dror Gurevich Velocity Career Labs Velocity Network Labs John Healy Techstars Braintrust Upwork Fiverr Harvard Business Press Labora...
On this episode of the WORK. podcast we sit down with Jon Younger. Most of us in the field know Jon as a Forbes contributor writing about the freelance revolution. He is also an author of several books like “Agile Talent". He has taught at University of Michigan and Indian School of Business and is a social psychologist by background. Jon has been a helpful and important voice in these early years of the open talent movement. Jon Younger Exxon McKesson Li Jin McKinsey Paul Estes Adam Davids...
This edition of the WORK. Podcast features Chris Kneeland , Co-founder and COO of Communo and Co-founder and CEO of Cult Collective, one of North America’s premier engagement marketing firms. Communo is a talent optimization platform that matches highly-vetted talent with advertising agencies and brands looking to staff projects or positions. Chris’s professional passion is helping brands accelerate growth by helping leaders embrace proven marketing principles he’s discovered while working with ...
This episode of the WORK. podcast features Kirstin Hammerberg who is the Global Vice President of Brand Innovation for the creative agency Sid Lee. She leads global business and experience design with a focus on brand innovation. Kirstin has authored growth visions and designed cultural programs that mobilize employees and has found ways to bring community and people into the heart of business design. Kirstin Hammerberg Sid Lee Havas Cognizant Paul Hlivko Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield Pa...
On this episode on the WORK. podcast we connect with Connor Heaney, Managing Director of CXC-Europe. He leads CXC for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and works to execute the CXC vision in shaping the future of work with a focus on solving clients’ contingent workforce problems and playing a part in their daily success stories. Having spent the majority of his career in resource and talent management, Connor has accumulated significant experience within solutions sales, product development and o...
On this episode of the WORK. podcast we have an inspiring conversation with Tim Sanders. Tim is the Vice President of Customer Insights at Upwork where he helps businesses implement better ways of working through the adoption of flexible talent solutions. He is a best selling author, a top rated speaker and his research over the last few years has centered around speeding up innovation through wide collaboration. Show Notes: Tim Sanders, VP of Customer Insights Upwork Love Is The Killer App Delo...
On this episode of the WORK. podcast John Winsor sits down with longtime entrepreneur and investor Doug Atkin. Doug is the Managing Partner at Communitas Capital and Co-Chairman of Z-Work Acquisition Corporation . Throughout his 25 year career, he has been an active investor, founder and senior executive with an emphasis on financial technology, crowdfunding, marketplaces, blockchain and data-driven companies....
This edition of the WORK. podcast features Roland Rosevear of Freelancer.com Roland is in the enterprise solutions team at Freelancer.com and he works with individuals inside large enterprises who are passionate about transformational change. He works with leaders who are willing to look beyond traditional resource models and have the ability to create a more agile and productive future for their companies....
In this edition of the Work Podcast, John Winsor chats with Cynthia Hansen. Cynthia is the Head of the Adecco Group Foundation and Social Innovation at The Adecco Group where she drives strategy, delivery and impact. Prior to joining Adecco she spent 9 years with the World Economic Forum where she held a number of roles including Head of Content Strategy and Head of Chairmen Engagement and Role of Business in Society. Show notes: Adecco Group Adecco Group Foundation Action Planning Elizabeth (Li...
In this episode of the WORK. podcast Open Assembly CEO & Founder John Winsor checks in with longtime advertising visionary and strategist Rishad Tobaccowala . For many years Rishad was the Chief Growth Officer at Publicis Groupe . He now works closely with company leaders to increase productivity by unleashing the potential of their talent. Rishad has been named a top marketing and business leader by BusinessWeek and TIME magazine and he regularly presents keynote speeches at well-known glob...
In this episode of the WORK. podcast we chat with Paul Hlivko . Paul is the Chief Technology and Experience Officer at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield . As CXO he leads the strategic direction and execution of experience strategy, user experience design, as well as digital channels and research. As CTO he leads the delivery of Wellmark’s application portfolio, API platforms, enterprise data management, enterprise architecture, software product management and strategy. Show notes: Paul Hlivko...
In this episode of the Work Podcast, Open Assembly founder John Winsor has a great conversation with Tim Pröhm the Vice President of Digital Product Architecture at Kelly . Tim applies an analytical and design-thinking approach to bring new Kelly products to life and upgrade existing ones. Show notes and links: Tim Prohm - Vice President Digital Product Architecture Kelly Open Assembly Collective John Healy William Russell Kelly KellyOCG KellyOCG Human Cloud Karim Lakhani - Harvard Business Scho...
In this episode of the Work podcast Open Assembly CEO John Winsor welcomes Deloitte's Steve Hatfield. Steve is a Deloitte Consulting Principal and currently serves as the firm’s Global Future of Work Leader. He has more than 20 years of experience guiding Strategy Innovation Organization Culture Workforce and Leadership to Fortune 500 clients around the world. Steve Hatfield Deloitte Upwork Peace Corps Human Capital Trends Report for 2021 Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value o...
Bryan is a globally recognized thought leader in the world of extended work and open talent. With a unique perspective on the ever-growing demand for comprehensive workforce solutions, he is a widely sought-after keynote speaker, a passionate evangelist for the open talent industry, and a highly sought out expert on emerging talent platforms, workforce management programs, labor models, HR technology, variable and future workforce trends. Through his boutique consulting firm Defiant Solutions LL...
Jerry (Yoram) Wind joined Wharton in 1967 with a doctorate from Stanford and since 2017 is the Lauder Professor Emeritus and Professor of Marketing. He founded the Wharton Think Tank – The SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management and ran it for three decades. Among his many innovations at Wharton he led the development of Wharton Executive MBA, the Lauder Institute, the new MBA of 1990 and Wharton School Publishing. He has edited top marketing journals, published over 300 articles, manuscri...
Terry Sydoryk is the CEO of Chaordix . With 25+ years as an entrepreneur, founder and executive in the technology industry under his belt, Terry's perspectives on the future of co-creation, community and customer participation come qualified by a deep well of experience. Spark Lego community Baked in: Creating Products and Businesses That Market Themselves Rust-Oleum Creator Studio...
Dave Messinger is the Chief Technologist at Topcoder, where he is in charge of all crowdsourcing products and technology. He is responsible for the platform and overall community development methodology. Prior to his current role, Dave spent seven years as Topcoder’s Chief Architect, during which time he oversaw the platform, community growth, and component-based methodology. Topcoder Red Hat Velocity Network Foundation Blockchain Cryptocurrency Mike Morris Clinton Bonner These are two companies...
Chris Stanton is Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard. An applied economist, Chris directs his research at how technology is changing the management and location of work. The same technological trends that enable the fragmentation of work and the rise of the gig economy also improve the measurement of work outcomes inside firms. Professor Stanton seeks to understand the resulting managerial and policy implications of these ...
On this episode of the WORK. podcast brought to you by Open Assembly we have a fun, informative and inspiring conversation with Eleanor and Barry Matthews of re-source . re-source is a consulting group that sets the vision and strategy, as well as supports a team of globally distributed subject matter experts, to help businesses access the power of the global on-demand crowd. Eleanor and Barry are extremely smart and ambitious, and we really looking forward to watching them build re-source and h...
Welcome to another installment of the Open Assembly Podcast. In this episode we spoke with Christian Cotichini, co-founder and CEO of HeroX . Drawing upon nearly 20 years of XPRIZE Foundation experience, HeroX is a unique platform that enables any organization to solve any challenge in any field, using the power of the crowd. HeroX can run challenges from small too large, and across a wide range of industries and topics. Christian has successfully built and sold several companies and his passion...
