Blog Archives - Open Assembly

Here’s NASA’s Secret Weapon, When It Comes To Future-of-Work Multi-Tasking

What’s the best way to help an employee navigate multiple freelance resources? That’s a question we often get when a company begins to source work through one—or sometimes many—on-demand open talent platforms. Some companies handle this by selecting and customizing one dedicated platform to work through. Others, like NASA, require and benefit from the unique capability offered by a variety of platforms, so they secure several agreements—some with customized capability—and employees learn to utilize all of them.

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John Winsor
Nov 07, 2019

Is Your Future Of Work Jargon Confusing Your Sales Prospects? Here’s How To Gain More Traction

Those of you in the Future of Work space have not only identified a new industry or category that you and your company can sell into, but you’ve also identified a product or a service that serves a key market need, and solves the most prickly pain points of important players.

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John Winsor
Jan 21, 2020

There are Two Faces to Truth. Here’s How to Understand Both Sides

Many companies have forgotten the truth of what their product is all about. Has yours? Is it time for your company to dig into the culture, find out what customers really think, and understanding they hold on to?

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John Winsor
Jan 17, 2020

Does Work Own You? Not Anymore

It used to be, you’d take one job and try to stick with it for decades. That’s not how work happens anymore.

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John Winsor
Jan 17, 2020

7 Ways that HR Can Harness the Momentum of the Freelance Economy

Open talent models are challenging the structure of traditional HR. Here’s how open sourcing can change HR and business-as-usual for the better.

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John Winsor
Dec 24, 2019

The Grandma Test: Are You Explaining What You Do In a Way That Makes Sense?

It can be tempting in any new industry to create buzzworthy terms to identify and establish thought leadership. Words like “gig economy,” “ remote work,” and “open talent” sound new and exciting. But do creative new terms risk alienating key customers, talented employees and the general public? Do they do more harm than good?

Blog Freelance Future of Work Gig Economy Gig Mindset

John Winsor
Dec 23, 2019

These Three Barriers Make it Harder to Choose the Freelance Lifestyle

Traditional work structures are failing and a lot of us in the future of workspace are supporting new systems—like digital platforms that connect companies to a global workforce and connect workers to better contract assignments. This is all great news. But it’s also changed everything, including employment access to the perks that traditionally come with more classic structures, like a salaried job with benefits.

Blog Disruption Freelance Future of Work Gig Economy Gig Mindset

John Winsor
Dec 18, 2019

Beware of Uber Logic: Three Questions Every Company That Hires Freelancers Should Be Asking

As companies across the globe continue to hire contractors to build their business, the landscape of modern work is rapidly changing. Traditional offices are being replaced by digital nomads who regard a strong Wi-Fi signal as good as any workspace; businesses are realizing the potential of using contractors for specialized work rather than full-time, salaried employees.

Blog Culture Disruption Future of Work Gig Economy Gig Mindset

John Winsor
Dec 16, 2019

Trapped in Assumptions About Gig Economy Workers? Here’s the Truth

40% of today’s workers are expected to take part in the gig economy in 2020. These are impressive numbers. But who are the tens of millions of people who have bravely eschewed traditional work roles in favor of working independently?

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John Winsor
Dec 12, 2019

The One Surprising Next Step for On-Demand Talent Models? Proving ROI With Metric Studies

In a wildly changing work landscape in which on-demand talent models are gaining ground, there will always be skeptics of open models standing right alongside the early adopters. One stance is not more right than the other. Businesses need the deep questioners just as much as evangelists. The key to moving forward is determining how these two functions or personality types can build trust—keeping business on course while embracing opportunity at the same time.

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John Winsor
Dec 10, 2019

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