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Human Cloud
Welcome to the Human Cloud, where technology-led talent strategies take organizations from human "resources" to human potential. Each week, Matthew Mottola, CEO of Human Cloud and 4x entrepreneur, and Tony Buffum, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Human Cloud and former CHRO, introduce you to the solutions, corporate leaders, and technologists powering today's world of work. If you run talent, procurement, or a contingent workforce, this show is for you. We cover talent platforms…
Episodes
Human CloudCharlie McGinn, President at Safeguard Global, Why Growth Now Comes From Global Talent Pools
The best engineer for your next project might be in Romania. The best accountant might be in Mexico. For most companies, hiring them used to mean registering…
Human CloudAmir Reiter, Founder & Chairman at CloudTask, Humans + Agents For Sales & GTM
Everyone in go-to-market got the same memo: blast a million emails, automate LinkedIn, plug in an AI SDR, and watch the pipeline fill. It is not working…
Human CloudJoel Kammeyer, Head of Community at Direct Collective, How Connection and Community Turn Contingent Buyers Into Leaders
The contingent workforce is the one corner of business where the playbooks are not public. Banks, the Big Four, and Fortune 500 programs do not publish how…
Human CloudEric Ly, Co-Founder & CEO at KarmaCheck, How Back Office Automation In Background Checks Is Radically Cutting Healthcare Costs, And What Every Talent Leader Can Learn From It
Everyone wants to talk about AI in the front office: matching, interviewing, diagnosis, the sexy stuff. Almost nobody is talking about the back office, where…
Human CloudKelly Monahan, Founder of Beyond the Desk, How Leaders Can Reclaim the Plot With AI And The Future Of Work
The tech industry laid off thousands of people 18 months ago. This past year it hired almost all of them back, nearly one to one. That whiplash is what happens…
Human CloudTony Buffum & Colin LaBeau, The Science Powering True Speed to Talent Transformation
The share of workers in traditional full-time jobs shrinks every year. Companies that keep fishing in that pond are competing over a smaller and smaller pool…
Human CloudMark Herbick, Founder & CEO at Pursant, The Science Behind Selling A Business
Every founder running a talent solution gets the same email. A broker, a strategic, a private equity associate, asking whether you would ever consider a…
Human CloudMaruf Ahmed, CEO at Dexian, Why Every Leader Should Cut The BPO, Not Headcount, Then Drive 20% Top Line Growth Through AI
Most AI headcount conversations start in the wrong place. A leader sees a 20% workforce reduction and a 10% stock bump and calls it strategy. Maruf Ahmed has…
Human CloudMichael Bassin, VP of Sales at Simera, on Turning the Team He Hired Into the Company He Sold
Most talent companies start with a thesis. This one started with a health crisis. Michael Bassin was a chief revenue officer in Israel when he lost hearing in…
Human CloudRich Wilson, CEO at Gigged.AI, Special Book Launch: The 40-40-20 Workforce
The 80-20 workforce is over. Full-time headcount is no longer a badge of honor, SOW spend is a $2.1 trillion market and the fastest-growing work category, and…
Human CloudSebastian Alvarez, CTO of Remotely, The New Framework for AI Software Development
Every engineering leader is being asked the same question right now: if AI writes the code, why do we still need the team? The answer nobody wants to hear is…
Human CloudJohn Healy, How Putting AI in the Hands of End Users Is Rewriting the World of Work
Every enterprise transformation starts the same way. Leadership tasks HR with fixing how work gets done. Then procurement. Then a consultancy. Nothing moves…
Human CloudLee Cage Jr., Director of Enterprise Transformation, How HR Can Drive the Business Forward
Most CEOs have the same private complaint about HR: it shows up with workshops when the business asked for revenue. The function that owns the single largest…
Human CloudMatt Watson, Founder & CEO at Full Scale, How to Build Long-Term Global Software Teams
Almost everyone who tries offshore software development has a horror story. Matt Watson heard those stories for years before he built a 300-person engineering…
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Quentin Cloarec, Co-founder & CEO at Trees Engineering, on Why the Future of Talent Doesn't Need Staffing Firms
Every service industry is about to be rebuilt on top of AI, and staffing is first in line. The traditional agency model was built on recruiters reading resumes…
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Brett Riley, Founder at ITARMI, How 4,000 Engineers ON ITARMI Are Rewiring the World's Data Centers
The world runs on infrastructure most people never see. Fiber optic cables, GPU racks, network switches, data centers the size of eight football fields. And…
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Joaquin Titievsky, CEO at Talentum, Why AI Recruiters Are Making HR Firms 50% Faster
What happens when AI stops optimizing the recruiting process and starts replacing the parts that never needed a human in the first place? That's the question…
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Jeremy Lyons, Founder at RecOps Collective, Why Your AI Strategy Needs an Ethics Layer Before Anything Else
Every TA leader is under pressure to show AI results yesterday. But most are skipping the step that determines whether any of it actually works: defining their…
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Rich Wilson & Davie Gow, The 40-40-20 Workforce: From Theory to Reality at Arnold Clark
The 80-20 workforce model is dead. Rich Wilson, CEO of Gigged.AI, says we're headed for 40-40-20: 40% full-time, 40% contingent, 20% AI agents. And Davie Gow…
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Jack Spencer, Founder at Freeflexer, What It Takes to Realize the Flexible-First Future of Work
The flexible-first future of work is not a theory. It is already here. But the infrastructure to support it is not. Regulation is tightening across every major…
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Andrea Dottling & Parker Grant, Co-Founders at IDLance, Meet The Leading Instructional Design Talent Platform Avoiding Every Freelance Trap
The freelance economy has 130,000+ staffing firms. Most fall into one of two traps: they become self-help communities with no real work, or they become…
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Benjemen Elengovan, Founder at MyGigsters, Using AI to Build the Financial Infrastructure for the Flexible Workforce
Every founder talks about doing more with less. Benjemen Elengovan is actually doing it. He built an agentic workforce of AI agents that handle his sales…
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Michelle Allbon, Co-founder & CEO at Fractional Directory, The True Cloud Transformation Hiding in Plain Sight
The APAC fractional talent market is growing 15x and nobody is talking about it. Michelle Allbon moved from Silicon Valley to New Zealand and discovered a…
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Yurii Lazaruk, Out With Talent, In With Getting Sh** Done (And Relationships)
Every company says they want to move faster. Fewer say they want to change how they hire to get there. That gap between knowing the flexible workforce works…
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Joao Lucio, Founder at beecrowd, The New Rules of Tech Talent, LATAM Nearshore and Delivery
In this episode, Matthew Mottola sits down with João Lucio, a veteran of global system integrators who spent more than 30 years inside firms like Accenture and…
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Yuri Kruman, HR Leader Turned AI Builder, The 56% AI Wage Gap Nobody Is Talking About
The AI wage gap is already 56 percent. That number comes from PWC, which analyzed six billion job postings and found that workers who can build with AI earn…
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Kim Lee, Founder of Lotic Systems, Built an AI Leadership Coach — Without Writing a Line of Code
Most managers get promoted because they were great individual contributors — not because anyone taught them how to lead. The result: a management gap that…
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Maggie Ruvoldt, Fractional CHRO & HR Advisor, Why Fractional Leadership Is About Impact Not Hours
The fractional executive market is exploding, but most companies are still thinking about it wrong. They ask how many hours they need. They should be asking…
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Jeff Nugent, Founder at Independently, The 900-Pound Gorilla Blocking the Future of Work
Independent contractor compliance is the 900-pound gorilla blocking enterprises from scaling flexible talent. The platforms exist. The talent exists. But most…
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Paul Vallee, Founder & CEO of Tehama, The Trust Architecture That Unlocks the Freelance Workforce
p>Security isn't just an IT problem — it's the single biggest demand limiter for freelance talent in the enterprise. Every time a company considers engaging a…
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JJ Lammers, Founder of AllGigs, The Great Aggregation: Why Now, and How the Jobs of the Future Will Be Aggregated
Work is fragmenting faster than anyone can track. While Human Cloud aggregates the solutions, JJ aggregates the work. Every role is niching down. Every…
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Software with a Service: Tom Of Hive 25 on why the Best Workforce Tech Comes with Humans Behind It
Pure SaaS had its moment. In a world where anyone can vibe code a front end over a weekend, the software is becoming commodity. What becomes scarce — and…
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Jose De Cabo, Founder of Remotely, Why LATAM Engineers Are the Best Kept Secret in Tech
Most companies overpay for engineering talent and underpay the engineers doing the work. Jose De Cabo built Remotely to fix that — a fully transparent model…
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Tony Buffum LIVE from Nashville: Conference Season Kickoff & The AI Productivity Promise Gap
SURPRISE!!!! Tony Buffum reports live from Nashville after attending the Conference Board's talent leaders event and hosting a Human Cloud executive dinner…
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Bob Pulver on Human + AI Co-Intelligence
Unlock the secret to transforming AI fears into organizational superpowers. Bob Pulver, a pioneer in cognitive and human-centric AI, reveals how leading…
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Bruce Morton, From Picking Strawberries to Deconstructing Work Before AI Does It For You
The way enterprises get work done is fundamentally broken—and the companies that figure out how to orchestrate talent across employees, contractors…
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William Tincup on Transforming HR: From Cost Center to Strategic Powerhouse
Most companies are stuck in outdated HR and staffing models — until now. William Tincup reveals how AI, flexible work, and bold rethinking can turn HR into…
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AI Training for Frontline Workers
This episode explains how AI-powered, short-form learning is changing frontline training by making content faster to create, easier to consume, and more…
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Lisa Williams, Senior Director at Dow, and Winfield Tufts, Founder of Featherston Lee, Extended Workforce Visibility, Change Management, and Total Talent
Lisa Chenevert Williams, Senior Director of Manufacturing and Engineering Operations Talent Strategy at Dow, and Winfield Tufts, Founder of Featherston Lee…
Human CloudWhy Leave Management Builds Employee Trust
Deborah Hanus, CEO and Cofounder of Sparrow, joins Tony Buffum on the Human Cloud Podcast HR to talk about why leave management is one of the most overlooked…
Human CloudEp 213: Jamie Jacobs of Gig Talent
Join Matthew Mottola, Jamie Jacobs, and Tony Buffum as they dive into the evolving landscape of HR and the gig economy. Discover how companies can leverage…
Human CloudEp. 212: Robert Smith, Founder & CEO at Dazzle, Flexible Talent Models for Modern Sustainability Teams
Robert Smith, Founder and CEO of Dazzle, leads a talent platform that connects companies with independent sustainability and ESG experts worldwide. Robert…
Human CloudEp. 211: Taylor Crane, Founder at Fractional Jobs, Building a Curated Talent Platform for Fractional Leaders
Leaders, Taylor Crane, Founder at Fractional Jobs, unpacks how he turned a simple job board into a curated fractional talent platform for startups and SMBs…
Human CloudEp. 210: Melissa Valentine, Associate Professor at Stanford & Author of Flash Teams, Breaks Down The Speed and Expertise Benefits In The Human Cloud
Leaders, Melissa Valentine, Associate Professor at Stanford and author of Flash Teams, joins Matthew Mottola and Tony Buffum to break down how teams form…
Human CloudJason Posel, Founder & CEO, GreenLight.ai, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Jason Posel, Founder & CEO of GreenLight.ai, shares how GreenLight enables enterprises and marketplaces to manage compliance, worker classification, and…
Human CloudEp. 208: Glenn Laumeister, CEO at AllWork, Reimagining Contingent Work, From Process to Payment
In this episode, Glenn Laumeister, CEO at AllWork, shares how enterprises are transforming the way they onboard, manage, and pay their contingent workforce. He…
Human CloudVardhan Kapoor, Co-Founder & CEO, Firstwork, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Vardhan Kapoor, Co-Founder and CEO of Firstwork, shares how Firstwork uses workflow AI agents for onboarding, compliance, and candidate follow-up to shrink…
Human CloudAmy Geiger, Senior Director Flex Strategy, Marriott International, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Amy Geiger, Senior Director of Flex Strategy at Marriott International, discusses how Marriott is expanding its talent strategy to include all worker types…
Human CloudAsh Barot, CEO & Co-Founder, WOLF, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Ash Barot, CEO and Co-Founder at WOLF, shares why the future of staffing looks like retail’s move to e-commerce, and how WOLF helps firms become true labor…
Human CloudEp. 207: Emre Ertan, Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Cenoa, Faster Payouts for Independents, Lower Fees Across Borders
Emre Ertan, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cenoa, joins us to discuss how an international dollar account on modern rails enables freelancers and small businesses in…
Human CloudAlp Sezginsoy, Founder of Expertera, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Alp Sezginsoy, Founder of Expertera, explores how enterprises are accessing top-tier expertise faster through on-demand networks. He explains how Expertera…
Human CloudKen Schumacher, Founder & CEO of Ropes, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Ken Schumacher, Founder and CEO of Ropes, shares how his team is tackling one of the biggest challenges in the future of work: trust. Ropes verifies both…
Human CloudGraig Paglieri, Chief Executive at Randstad Digital, and Michael Morris, Global Head of Platform and Talent at Randstad Digital | Co-Founder of Torc, Join Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX
Graig Paglieri and Michael Morris discuss how Randstad Digital, powered by the Torc talent platform and community, is enabling enterprises to move faster…
Human CloudDries De Coster Founder & CEO, meet DWIGHT, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Dries De Coster, Founder and CEO at meet DWIGHT, discusses how “digital workers” automate the middle and back office across onboarding, compliance…
Human CloudLaura Bumby, Strategy Director of AI, Automation, & Analytics at Bullhorn, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Laura Bumby, Strategy Director of AI, Automation, and Analytics at Bullhorn, shares a practical framework for AI adoption that starts with real workflow wins…
Human CloudSandeep Dhillon, CEO at High5, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Sandeep Dhillon, CEO of High5, shares how High5 evolved from a traditional talent marketplace into a full enterprise solution by addressing compliance…
Human CloudEp. 205: Prateek Mathur, Founder of Activated Scale, Flexible Sales Talent, The New Playbook for the Future of Sales
Prateek Mathur, Founder of Activated Scale, unpacks how flexible sales talent is changing hiring. We cover why outcomes best measure sales roles, how companies…
Human CloudBrian Hoffmeyer, SVP Market Strategies at Beeline, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Brian Hoffmeyer, Senior Vice President of Market Strategies at Beeline, shares how enterprises can manage the full spectrum of their non-employee workforce…
Human CloudErika Novak, Global Head of Customer Success at Worksome, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Erika Novak, Global Head of Customer Success at Worksome, explains how enterprises can move faster with contractors while staying compliant. She breaks down…
Human CloudGrady Gardner, GM & CRO at Braintrust AIR (AI Recruiter) & Marketplace, Joins Human Cloud LIVE at SIA’s CollaborationX: AI & Tech in Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Grady Gardner, GM and CRO at Braintrust AIR (AI Recruiter) and Marketplace, explains how an AI interview platform born inside a high-growth talent marketplace…