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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 CloudEp. 89: Matt Dowling, Founder of Freelancer Club
Leaders, the freelance economy is shifting from being dominated by large, horizontal marketplaces to small, niche, hyper relevant communities of freelancers…
Human CloudEp. 88: Gale Wilkinson, Managing Partner at VITALIZE, Investing In The Freelance Economy
Leaders, are we really grown up enough to be a venture backable space? According to Gale, absolutely, as her fund is focused on the future of work, and invests…
Human CloudEp. 87: Ben Ross, Innovator, Product SME
Leaders, your head will be sore from the technical product learnings Ben will teach us. Ben is an entrepreneur that has built freelance related products for…
Human CloudEp. 86: Kelvin Wetherill, CEO & Founder - Supportwave
Leaders, our industry is in the midst of a massive transformation away from broad horizontal marketplaces and towards skill specific platforms. Take Paro for…
Human CloudEp. 85: Adrian Tan, Singaporean Fractional CMO
Leaders, what if freelancers are both your future Directors and your future employee role models? That's the future for leading brands as leaders like Adrian…
Human CloudEp. 84: Cory Hymel, How ChatGPT Will Impact The Freelance Economy
Cory Hymel is our innovator of the month, teaching us how we need to think about and act on ChatGPT and Generative AI. Cory and I go way back in building…
Human CloudEp. 82: Matteo Cellini, CMO and Founder of Work 3
Matteo is our innovator of the month. A Chief Marketing Officer and prior Director at Expedia, Matteo came into the Human Cloud from a frustration with merit…
Human CloudEp. 81: Brooks Lockett, SaaS & B2B freelancer
Matthew Mottola Thu, Dec 29, 2022, 5:03 PM (13 days ago) to brooks, me Brooks, hope you've had an incredible holiday and are ready for a great year. We plan to…
Human CloudEp. 80 - Steve King, Industry Overview
Leaders, Jon Younger and Steve King are the brains behind many of our industries leading stats. What’s unique about Steve is that he’s the perfect example of…
Human CloudEp. 79: 2022 Year in Review
The Matts review an explosive and exciting year for freelancers around the world. With lots of acceleration and changes in the industry in the past year, it…
Human CloudEp. 78: 2022 Recap and 2023 Predictions Of The Freelance Economy With Jon Younger
It's been one hell of a year for the $5.4 trillion dollar freelance economy. From seeing budgets expand to the number of freelancers increase, the freelance…
Human CloudEp. 77: Albert Azis-Clauson, Chair at The Association for the Future of Work, Founder of UnderPinned
We consider Albert the Creative Leader of the Future. 10 years ago he’d be your fastest rising Creative VP. Today he’s better off being independent where he…
Human CloudEp. 76: Maari Casey, 10+ Year Freelancer, Founder of Uncompany
Leaders, the freelance economy is quickly transforming from a client first industry to a freelancer first industry. This means that rather than marketplaces…
Human CloudEp. 75: Brooke Markevicius, What's The Future of Freelance Marketplaces? Take It From A Freelancer
Leaders, it’s rare to see entrepreneurs and business leaders in our space that have real freelance experience, not the ‘I freelanced for 6 months then started…
Human CloudEp. 74: Mina Bastawros, VP Creative & Digital Marketing
How can an enterprise like Airbus innovate from within for an initiative as ambitious as an aircraft of the future that's built 'for the people, by the…
Human CloudEp. 73: Glen Hodgson, Free Trade Europa, EU Freelancer Study and Freelance Economy Legislation
EMERGENCY POD - We've recently seen the repeal (then un-repeal) of IR35 and the US's labor department classification proposal. Some call these laws the…
Human CloudEp. 72: Classification Proposal, Freelance Economy is Ahead, Impact W/ Rich Wilson of Gigged.AI
It's a scary time as the Biden Administration proposes a freelancer killing bill that can rocket ship inflation and put the US 50 years behind. The freelance…
Human CloudEp. 71: Above Average Millennials Laid Off Most, Google On The War Path, Remote's Here To Stay(Duh)
The Matthew's are back breaking down the state of the economy, inflation, quiet quitting, and how these 3 forces hurt millennial full time employees most. To…
Human CloudEp. 70: Kamran Farooq, The Power Of Tapping Into Specialized Expertise Through Freelancers
Leaders, Kamran is the exact person we talk about when we say freelancers expand the scope of what you can build by tapping into specialized expertise you…
Human CloudEp. 69: Vinod Kartha, VP of Strategic Initiatives at UST, Talent Acquisition to Workforce Ecosystem
Why would a global digital transformation firm that provides services and solutions to global 1000 firms care about freelancers in the cloud? Let's learn from…
Human CloudEp. 68: 75% Prefer Freelancers, Google CEO Rhetoric, Spotify Fully Remote
What does the recession mean for the freelance economy? Will more freelancers be hired? Will leaders stop hiring freelancers and stick with full time? Also…
Human CloudEp. 67: Dr. David Küpper, Embedding Experts Into Your Teams Through The Freelance Economy
How do leading companies close the knowledge gap when diving into new technologies, industries, and opportunities? They embed freelance subject matter experts…
Human CloudEp. 66: 40% of Workers Still Want to Quit, Gas Coming Down, Revenge of the 99%
The Matthew's are back to discuss the shifting successes of knowledge workers, gas prices returning to normal-ish, and good practices for hiring staff in tech…
Human CloudEp. 65: Morten Bruun, VP Global Operations at Worksome, Forbes 30 under 30, Ex-McKinsey, Ex-Google
Description: Leaders, Morten has an extremely rare background in driving change at both a global technology leader (Google) and global business management…
Human CloudEp. 64: Akhil Seth of UST, How Enterprises Can Tap Into This Abundant Pool of Open T
While every board is talking about a contradictory great resignation, hiring freezes, and talent shortage, Akhil Seth and UST are leading Enterprises to an…
Human CloudEp 63: Human Cloud Makes You Recession Proof, Google Joins Hiring Freeze, Point of Management?
The Matthew's are back in action to discuss 9.1% inflation CPI, hiring freezes at Google and layoffs at many other tech companies, the vulnerability of…
Human CloudEp. 62: Rebekah Panepinto, Managing a Day Job and Side Hustles
Rebekah Panepinto is your future leader. She's a technology leader with 10+ years experience driving technology solutions as a full time employee AND embracing…
Human CloudThe Future of Freelance Talent Marketplaces
This is a recording of a very special event from the Human Cloud titled, "The Future of Freelance Talent Marketplaces". We had an all star roster of…
Human CloudEp. 61: Jim Young on Burnout and Expansive Intimacy
Jim Young (thecenteredcoach.com) is a men's burnout coach and author of the upcoming book Expansive Intimacy: How Tough Guys Defeat Burnout. Jim and Matt C…
Human CloudEp. 60: Hiring Freeze, Unilever Unlocks FTE Freelancers, TaskRabbit Fully Remote
Managers - Effective immediately, hiring freeze, you can no longer hire any full time employees. Did you get pulled into one of these management meetings this…
Human CloudEp. 59: Glen Hodgson, CEO of Free Trade Europa, Governance
REPEAT GUEST!!! Glen is our legal wizard. We'll discuss what's legally in the way of the freelance economy, and how we can drive policies that help, not hinder…
Human CloudEp. 58: Looming Recession, Forrester Talent Marketplace Report, Maslow's Human Cloud Hierarchy
Layoffs, hiring freezes, and increased inflation...what does this mean for you as a leader? It means doubling your usage of contractors, prioritizing outcomes…
Human CloudEp. 57: Jason Posel, VMS, MSP, And The Plumbing Powering The Freelance Economy
What exactly is the future of work? It's remote first. It's freelance first. Yet these are just the surface. Below these sexy buzzwords are the industries of…
Human CloudEp. 56: Unions & Starbucks...The New Jake Paul, Freelancer Benefits, Google Steps Into The 1950's
Braintrust introduces full time benefits and web 3 partners. In their words, “the freedom of freelancing and stability of benefits”. Inflation CPI increases…
Human CloudEp. 55: David Obadia, The Human Cloud As The Future Of Human Capital Management
Description: David is a 30+ year vet in helping companies and leaders embrace external talent. From his early days of running a home based business to his…
Human CloudEp. 54: Layoff Time, Rate Hike, Airbnb Shows Remote Work Is The Way
Do you have a diversified Human Cloud portfolio? With inflation, layoffs, and the inevitable recession, it's never been more important to have opportunities…
Human CloudEp. 53: Larry English, CoFounder of Centric Consulting, Building A Connected Culture
: 5 FREE Office Optional books, instructions at the bottom. Centric Consulting is a leading technology consultancy. Founder Larry English hops on the pod to…
Human CloudEp. 52: 60% of Execs Say Freelancers Will Replace FTE's, Guest Host Emily Leach Returns!
Welcome back to Emily Leach, 30 year freelance veteran and founder of the nation's largest freelance conference. This week we play ping pong with the freelance…
Human CloudEp.51: Netflix, Inflation, Thank God We Have the Freelance Economy.
Ep. 51: What a week. The Bank of Israel moves to reduce the dollar and add the Yuan. Netflix plunged 35%. Thank god for the freelance economy
Human CloudEp. 50: Freelance Teams, IT Support Platform ITARMI Reaches 144 Countries, Discount Office Space
What a week, besides Luka Musk making an appearance, we saw: > Jamie Dimon, CEO JPMorgan Chase & Co. says “It’s clear that working from home will become more…
Human CloudEp. 49: Inflation Means An Extra $5,200, Middle Class Shrunk By 10%, Kellogg Sheds Light On Weakness
While the average American can't afford a home and is increasingly feeling the push of inflation, Miami's Mayor runs 4 miles in the middle of a 50+ runners…
Human CloudEp. 48: Stephanie Nadi Olson of We Are Rosie, Building A Flexible Career Platform For Marketers
Stephanie Nadi Olson is a founder we can all relate to. She's scrappy. She's a big dreamer. Yet she's practical and in her words, is a "big dreamer with a…
Human CloudEp. 47: 9-5 Is Dead, Maryland Ditches Degree Requirement, NFTs As A Service?
Big News! Our (Real) Leader Portal is live! Check it out here: https://humancloud.substack.com/s/leaders This episode, the Matts talk retention bonuses, the…
Human CloudEp. 46: Big Freelancer Legal Win, 60% Prefer Hybrid, Fed Rate Hike, Record Number Of New Freelancers
The Matts dig into a significant legal win for freelance that largely went unnoticed. Inflation continues picking up steam, and the feds respond by raising…
Human CloudEp. 45: How You Can Help Ukraine With Iman Fadaei, Founder of RemoteUkraine
Iman is the epitome of a Changemaker using technology to transform work. When the crisis in Ukraine broke out, Iman immediately developed Remote Ukraine, a…
Human CloudEp. 44: Over Half Of Employees Leaving, Inflation Roars (Gas, Coffee up 70%), Jobs Report Ambiguous
The Matts continue to go deep into Ukraine, economics, inflation, jobs, and the great reshuffling in this update-filled episode. Plus, Old Matt learns who "PG"…
Human CloudEp. 43: DAOs with Jacki Roach: What are they? Why do they matter? Let's Discuss
Some say DAOs will replace companies. Others say DAOs are just another pyramid scheme. But like everything, the truth lies somewhere in between, and there's…
Human CloudEp. 42: SOTU Recap, Biden Pushes Return To Office (Say what?), Spending to Fight Inflation?
The Matts go deep into politics in this heated episode. Just how much can the government really do to fight our economic problems (Hint: not much). Lots of…
Human CloudEp. 41: Ukraine, Inflation, and the Labor Shortage. Young Matt Shows His Mortality
The Matts sound off on the escalating crises of Ukraine, inflation, and the labor shortage. But hope remains with freelance accessibility and timeless…
Human CloudEp. 40: Cari Perez of General Assembly on Workforce Development & Intersection of Govt & Industry
How can it be that as we face a talent shortage yet decline in real wages by 1.7%? Simple supply and demand would say one should give, yet we're in a ditch of…
Human CloudEp. 39: Americans Financially Stressed, Belgium 4 Day Work, Microsoft Says Back to Office
We're pumped to have Matt Coatney back in the co-host seat talking financial wellbeing, return to the office, and if the American dream is nothing but a false…
Human CloudEp. 38: Emily Leach Guest Host, 7.5% Inflation, Food Industry Turns To Temps, What Does Gen-Z Want?
Is it really a raise if inflation is higher? What's the difference between a freelancer and temp worker? How does the shifting needs of Gen-Z relate to the…
Human CloudEp. 37: Angela Howard on the Talent Marketplace and Building a Culture of Impact and Equity
Angela Howard is a former c-level people officer and consultant in the space of workforce transformation, culture, and the future of work. She also hosts her…
Human CloudEp. 36: Freelancers We Need You. Inflation Keeps Roaring, Home Depot Turns To 'Speed Hiring'
28% Of Americans Think Economy Is Good, Inflation Roaring, Home Depot Turns To Speed Hiring Mixed signals from the economy this week have the Matts asking…
Human CloudEp. 35: Elizabeth MacBride on Real Entrepreneurship and the Need for Critical Thinking and Empathy
Elizabeth is author of The New Builders and founder of the Times of Entrepreneurship (timesofe.com). She joins the podcast to talk about her journey from…
Human CloudEp. 34: Inflation Wipes Out Raises, Unilever Lays Off 1500, 58% Of Knowledge Workers Already Hybrid
The Matts talk about talent marketplaces, inflation, layoffs, the shrinking middle class and more as the conversation turns to society and politics. Also, Old…
Human CloudEp. 33: Lesa Edwards On The Great Resignation And How To Retain Your Best Talent
Over 30% of Americans will quit in the next year. While on the surface this seems terrifying, for the best leaders this can be a once in a lifetime…
Human CloudEp. 32: Web3 & Advances for Freelancers, 30% Of US quits in 2022? Sheeeesh
We continue our look forward into 2022 with several additional Future of Work trends and some jaw-dropping stats about the Great Resignation. The Matts also…
Human CloudEp. 31: Cory Hymel on Web3 - crypto, NFTs, DAOs, Oh My!
Cory Hymel, Director of Blockchain at Gigster, joins the pod to talk all things Web3. We dig deep on the technology, the value proposition, the opportunities…
Human CloudEp. 30: Predictions You Need to Know in 2022 - Part 2 (Explicit)
We continue our deep dive on key 2022 trends by looking at inflation, labor shortages, and how companies will be built - and make a large societal impact - in…