Research
Research
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, James Palano, Allison Bailey, Nithya Vaduganathan, Elizabeth Kaufman, Renée Laverdière, & Sibley Lovett
Companies can transform their talent model–and business strategy–by using digital talent platforms to access highly skilled freelancers.
Employer Survey
In 2019, Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute designed a survey to understand how companies are experiencing the changing nature of work, and how they are using digital platforms to acquire talent. A third-party survey firm administered this survey between December 2019 and January 2020 (prior to the COVID-19 pandemic) to 700 U.S. business leaders in companies with revenues greater than $100 million. The survey questionnaire can be viewed below.
Podcast
Factoring high-skills freelancers into the enterprise equation
Joseph Fuller & Allison Bailey
Joseph Fuller & Allison Bailey
- 24 FEB 2021
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- Managing the Future of Work
Digital platforms for highly skilled freelancers are set to broker more strategic
engagements for businesses needing extra capacity and flexibility. HBS and Managing
the Future of Work’s Joe Fuller and Boston Consulting Group’s Allison Bailey, co-authors
of the report Building the On-Demand Workforce, join Bill Kerr. How can employers
adapt their approach to talent and align management incentives to benefit from this
trend? What are the implications for workers and what choices are policymakers weighing?
Digital platforms for highly skilled freelancers are set to broker more strategic
engagements for businesses needing extra capacity and flexibility. HBS and Managing
the Future of Work’s Joe Fuller and Boston Consulting Group’s Allison Bailey, co-authors
of the report Building the On-Demand Workforce, join Bill Kerr. How can employers
adapt their approach to talent and align management incentives to benefit from this
trend? What are the implications for workers and what choices are policymakers weighing?
Featured Article
Rethinking the On-Demand Workforce
Joseph Fuller, Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey & Nithya Vaduganathan
Joseph Fuller, Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey & Nithya Vaduganathan
- 20 OCT 2020
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- Harvard Business Review
Major demographic changes and the proliferation of online digital platforms like Freelancer,
Upwork, Catalant, and Toptal are accelerating the rise of the gig economy. Companies
are using these platforms to bridge high-skills gaps opportunistically. Now, in the
post-COVID era, business leaders will need a strategic approach to managing a blended
workforce of full-time employees as well as on-demand gig workers.
Major demographic changes and the proliferation of online digital platforms like Freelancer,
Upwork, Catalant, and Toptal are accelerating the rise of the gig economy. Companies
are using these platforms to bridge high-skills gaps opportunistically. Now, in the
post-COVID era, business leaders will need a strategic approach to managing a blended
workforce of full-time employees as well as on-demand gig workers.
Media Coverage
Why Companies and Skilled Workers Are Turning to On-Demand Work
Joseph Fuller and Allison Bailey
- 24 Nov 2020
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- HBR IdeaCast
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
Joseph B. Fuller
- 17 Nov 2020
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- Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
The gig is up
- 17 Nov 2020
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- The Harvard Gazette