How the Future Works

How the Future Works

By Barry MatthewsBusinessTechnology
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How the Future Works episodes

  • 34: Skillsourcing – matching supply with demand in 30 seconds
    In this episode of How The Future Works Eleanor and Barry discuss the role of Change Management and Training in scaling the adoption of Open Talent in businesses of all sizes.  They are joined by Kelvin Wetherill the founder and CEO of NerdApp (now called Supportwave) and they discuss the term “skill sourcing” and how well it fits what they do in matching tech experts with demand from consumers and businesses in as little as 30 seconds using a digital app.  They also discuss UK politics, record-breaking temperatures, and Meerlust wine.   https://supportwave.com/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvin-wetherill-8a013554/?originalSubdomain=uk   https://open-assembly.com/  
    44 min
  • 33: Freelancing Friendly Destinations

    In this episode Eleanor and Barry discuss why and how governments want to attract and develop freelance talent.  They discuss the top destinations for freelancers, the incentives that many governments are offering to attract successful freelancers and the investment many countries are making in developing their own local experts to freelance globally using digital platforms. 

    They are joined by Dr. Rochelle Haynes, founder and CEO of Crowdpotential and an accomplished academic, speaker, author and lecturer on gig working, HR and the implications of an increasingly mobile, digital and global population.

    www.crowdpotential.co.uk

    www.open-assembly.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrochellehaynes/

    48 min
  • 32: Solving Healthcare’s Talent Crisis

    In this episode Barry and Eleanor discuss the talent challenges in the healthcare industry; the huge number of vacancies at a time when the demand for specialist skills is larger than ever and growing each year. They are joined by Melissa Morris the founder and CEO of Lantum. 

    Lantum is a platform tackling healthcare’s most painful and expensive problem – workforce management.  Lantum provides a workforce scheduling platform which gives clinicians control over their working patterns and connects organisations to flexible workers able to fill vacancies and as a result helps to transform the way healthcare professionals schedule their time enabling them to focus on their clinical expertise.

    www.lantum.com

    www.open-assembly.com

    36 min
  • 31: The Role of an Open Talent Centre Of Excellence with UST

    Eleanor and Barry are joined by Akhil Seth the head of UST’s Open Talent Centre of Excellence.  They discuss the importance of a COE when starting an open talent programme, the role of the COE in establishing relationships with talent platforms and the many functions of a COE in everything from sourcing and interviewing freelance talent, through to ensuring secure systems access, insurance and IP protection – they also have a really fun conversation with an incredibly bright and articulate young professional

    www.ust.com

    www.open-assembly.com

     

     

    44 min
  • 30: Turning Your Passion into a Business

    Barry and Eleanor are joined by the charming, erudite and ebullient Albert Azis-Clauson the CEO of Underpinned.  Underpinned have been helping people prepare for the future of work since 2018 – they specifically help people to commercialise their skills and turn their passions into businesses – and over the last 4 years they have helped to prepare 50,000 people for the future of work. 

    Barry, Eleanor and Albert discuss the importance of relationships, the role of talent marketplaces, the future of work, the importance of focus and why everyone should work hard and be kind – it’s a conversation not to be missed

    www.underpinned.com

    www.open-assembly.com

    46 min
  • 29: Industry Expert Dyan Finkhousen joins Open Assembly as CSO

    In this special episode, Barry and Eleanor are joined by their good friend and new colleague Dyan Finkhousen to celebrate Dyan joining the Open Assembly team as Chief Strategy Officer.  Dyan joins the team to help realise the Open Assembly vison of creating the operating system for open talent.  Dyan has an incredible career including positions as GE’s Global Director of Open Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, and Founder of GE GeniusLink and GE Fuse.  Dyan and the team discuss how Open Assembly started, her vision for an open talent future, her interest outside of work and her ability to thrive on very little sleep!

    https://open-assembly.com/about/team

    31 min
  • 28: Creating an Expert Community
    In this episode Eleanor and Barry are joined by Adam Morehead from Topcoder, arguably the best community building platform in the industry.  Topcoder have built a unique community of 1.7 million of the world’s best technologists.  Over the past 20 years they have placed community building at the core of their offering.  They combine regular virtual events with an annual in person event for the top performers in the community.  The Topcoder Open has become the equivalent of the Olympics of engineering!  This week the team also discuss lessons learned from Rishad Tobaccowala,  Stephen Bartlett, Elizabeth Daily’s How to Fail Podcast and Jay Shetty’s book Think Like a Monk.

    www.topcoder.com

    www.open-assembly.com

    55 min
  • 27: Micro Internships, Macro Opportunity
    In this episode, Barry and Eleanor discuss the pros and cons of being a digital nomad, how frustrating it is to try and work without a mobile phone.  BT’s £30m investment in Distributed.co and the rapidly expanding use of Open Talent in the UK.  Their special topic is the use of student talent and how students are being used to provide skills and capacity to businesses, through talent platforms.

    They are joined by Jeffery Moss the founder and CEO of Parker Dewey.  Parker Dewey offer “micro internships” for students to showcase their skills and potential while also getting paid and providing employers with skills and the chance to get to know student talent who might go on to longer term internships or full time future roles.

    Links:

    www.parkerdewey.com

    www.open-assembly.com

    45 min
  • 26: Year of the Tiger
    In this episode, Barry and Eleanor talk about the Great Resignation, Tang Ping, and how workers around the world are changing the way they think about work and approach work-life balance. They also look at the ongoing trend towards freelancing and open talent and how governments are reacting.

    They are joined this time by Elinor Hamilton, freelance voice artist, entrepreneur, ultra-runner, mother-figure-to-many, and voice of the underground. She talks about how voice artists find work and how brands and companies find their voice and tells the story that sparked her own award-winning podcast Tales from the Tannoy.

    Find out more here:

    • Website: https://www.sayerhamilton.com/
    • Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales-from-the-tannoy/id1507189945
    49 min
  • 25: How The Future Worked 2021

    In this bonus episode, Eleanor and Barry are joined by Tom Matthews who has reviewed and catalogued each of the 2021 podcast episodes and the trio discuss the guests, the themes, the answers to the 5 x 10 questions and have a general review of the year.  They remember their favourite answers and the topics that resonated the most, as well as looking ahead to How The Future Works in 2022

    35 min

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The world of work is transforming before our eyes. The global freelance workforce is growing fast and digital platforms and marketplaces are linking people with skills to companies looking for skills no matter where in the world they’re located. Talent is universal but opportunity has previously been limited to big cities - until now.