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78 percent of companies will rely on freelancing this year rather than add staff, according to research by Fiverr. And, while many organizations have hired freelancers to get work done, leaders are quickly realizing the benefits from hiring teams of freelancers to solve more complex problems. Learn the good, the bad, the ugly, and the amazing […]
May 23, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this Open Assembly Community Call to learn what successful freelancers want from platforms! Special thank you to Emma Siemasko, Content Production Manager and Podcast Host, Rob Perry, Conversion Copywriter and Consultant, and Ben Ross, Product Strategist, for hosting this lively and informative panel and providing our community with deep […]
May 10, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this Open Assembly Community Call as we welcomed Randstad Enterprise‘s Chief Digital Officer, Thomas Jajeh, and Head of Talent Advisory Services, Hary Bottka to take a deeper dive into the findings of their 2023 Talent Trends Report, which revealed nearly half of human capital leaders (42%) say that talent scarcity is […]
Apr 24, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this Open Assembly Community Call as we welcomed Fiverr’s Influencer Marketing Manager, Blaine Doherty, and independent workforce expert, Steve King! New research from MBO Partners found that an estimated 8.1 million independent creators in the U.S. earned money in the creator economy in 2022, and another 2.5 million plan to […]
Apr 12, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this Open Assembly Community Call as we welcomed back Jeff Schwartz, Vice President of Insights and Impact at Gloat, to unpack the 8 activities organizations excelling at strategic workforce management do particularly well, according to recent research from Deloitte and MIT Sloan Management Review. Watch/Listen below to learn how […]
Mar 27, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this OA Community meetup as we welcomed Roland Rosevear to unpack the State of Global Hiring report and how the global worker model will continue to transform the way work gets done. Hiring across borders continues to grow, despite economic uncertainty. Yet, the global worker model is a resilient […]
Mar 07, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this OA Community Call as we unpacked how open talent platforms and artificial intelligence tools, like ChatGPT, are going to continue to evolve and forever transform the way work gets done. Generative AI has the potential to affect many individuals and organizations. In order to stay ahead of these […]
Feb 22, 2023
Thank you to all who joined this OA Community Call as we welcomed Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst, the authors of Workstyle: A revolution for wellbeing, productivity and society. While the vision and mission of Workstyle are for everyone, the authors are influencing those who make decisions about the way their organization works by educating […]
Feb 07, 2023
In a recent Forbes article, Jon Younger wrote about how more open talent marketplaces prioritize freelancer success through investments in freelancer intelligence, client intelligence, and operational intelligence. For example: Uncompany exemplifies operational intelligence, methodically reducing friction points for creatives and clients. Gigged.ai uses automation to simplify project scoping and budgeting. In freelancer intelligence: Toptal.com and Wethos.co offer […]
Jan 31, 2023
Open Assembly was born in 2015 as a community organization. From the beginning, the community included platforms, freelancers, and enterprises using open talent. This community began to accelerate in 2018 when a handful of early adopters met at the Crowd Academy event at Harvard hosted by Karim Lakhani and LISH (the Laboratory for Innovation Sciences […]
Jan 31, 2023
