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Businesses need an immense amount of talent right now. Especially tech talent. And, they need it quickly. According to the International Data Corporation’s projections, the tech talent gap will cost companies $775 billion this year due to missed revenue targets, increased costs, and delayed product and service releases. A 2021 Korn Ferry report predicted that […]
Sep 21, 2022
When leaders decide to digitally transform their talent practices by using open talent and creating the right mindset, the next step is to create a culture that can support it. Whether an open talent experiment can be scaled into a larger business opportunity often comes down to whether the organization is haunted by the “Not […]
Sep 13, 2022
Before Henry Ford built the assembly line for the Model T he used a system and structure based on historical models to build the Model N. Ford first laid the plans of the car on the factory floor, laying all of the parts on top of the plans. Then, his workforce collaborated collectively to build […]
Sep 06, 2022
A couple of weeks ago during our Center for the Transformation of Work (CTW) community call I had an epiphany. While so many in the first world, including the US, the UK and Western Europe, see Open Talent, especially gig work, as an existential threat to the status quo of work, other parts of the world see […]
Aug 15, 2022
As I wrote in my last post, ecosystems and companies that have open mindsets benefit from the network effects that come with adding more participants. They believe their resources are dynamic, that it is possible to build relationships that benefit both sides. This in turn creates a flywheel effect in which learning and performance improve. […]
Aug 08, 2022
When it comes to utilizing the power of open talent there is a paradigm shift coming. However, when it comes to solving business problems it can’t be done single-handedly. Business problems require whole teams to change their frames, and it is leadership that drives the process. Just slightly shifting the angle of a frame can […]
Aug 01, 2022
One of the more interesting examples of a shift in mindset that changed the trajectory of an entire “industry,” is Dick Fosbury and his unconventional approach to high jumping. As a high school student, Fosbury was obsessed with the high jump. The problem was that he was not particularly good at it. None of the […]
Jul 25, 2022
Last week I pulled up to our family ranch in Northern Wyoming with a bit of trepidation. Like many of you, I’ve been on a tight work schedule. The ranch is amazing, but it is remote — 80 miles to the closest town. Historically, we’ve had very slow and unreliable internet service. First, it was […]
Jul 19, 2022
With the world of talent changing quickly it is our goal at Open Assembly to create a common language and a common process for adopting new, digitally connected talent from platforms. Let’s start with how we see the need for organizations to change. We believe that no matter what your size, you need to think […]
Jul 11, 2022
Yesterday Jin Paik and I turned in the manuscript for our book, the Open Talent Solution to the editors at Harvard Business Press. As I told our editor, Jeff Kehoe, this morning. As open talent (freelancing, gig work, and crowdsourcing) is still such a nascent field the process of writing a book has been a bit like […]
Jun 07, 2022
