Talking About the Gig Economy on The Social
Fun to join the ladies of The Social today to talk about the Gig Economy!
Tag: gig economy
Episode 23: What is the Future of the Gig Economy?
The gig economy gets a lot of negative press, but is it actually a bad thing? Although some think it is synonymous with income insecurity and bad management practices, in fact for many it is the way they choose to work. For professional workers who have in-demand skills, working on a gig basis rather than […]
Virtual Speaking is Kind of Cool
Yes I miss in-person presentations, a lot actually, but cool that we can still keep the conversations going. Here I am on someone’s laptop (you can see his coffee mug to the right) as I speak to the Ontario Municipal Human Resources Association fall conference about the #futureofwork. Great to have been able to present from […]
Episode 10: Are We Headed to the Age of Portfolio Careers?
Why choose one career when you can do more than one at the same time? In these days of gig jobs and the need to pivot as the economy change, maybe we should thinking hard about ‘portfolio careers’ or doing several things at the same time. That could happen in the context of one organization […]
Episode 7: What is the Future of Freelance Work?
Freelance work something of a controversial workforce trend. To some, it is the dreaded gig economy, those who are forced to work on contracts or driving ride shares because they cannot find that holy grail, the full-time job. To others though, it represents freedom, the ability to have some control over their professional lives and maybe […]
The Ghost of Workforce Future
One of the big worries regarding the future of work is that jobs are going to disappear altogether, replaced by breathtaking technology and clever robots. That is happening to an extent, but apparently some dregs are being left for humans, for better or work. ‘Ghost Work’ refers to things like writing captions for images or […]
Discussing the Future of Work
The future of work is a huge subject, not one that can really be tackled by in a forty minute period, but we gave it a shot at the Globe and Mail’s recent Future Forward conference. I was part of a panel that touched on such subjects as the gig economy, the prospects for younger […]
Work Is Not a Place nominated for National Business Book Award
I am thrilled to announce that my book Work Is Not a Place: Our Lives and Our Organizations in the Post-Jobs Economy has been nominated for Canada’s National Business Book Award. Last year at this time I was sitting looking at my laptop and wondering if I was going to be put all the divergent […]
When Gig Work Becomes a Public Health Issue
I actually am a fan of the hashtag gigeconomy..in many ways it is a better way to get work done and for some workers it offers a ton of flexibility, or is at least an alternative to the traditional model of work. That said, not getting paid some months because your contract ended last month […]
What if You Had a Recession But the Unemployment Rate Didn’t Rise?
Okay, we have to talk about a recession. It might not happen, but enough indicators are suggesting that it is a possibility that we do have to go there. At the moment, we have these incredibly low unemployment rates in Canada and the U.S. but how quickly could those disappear if the business cycle takes […]