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Now, if you run any kind of business, you know that finding the right talent can be one of your hardest problems. You can spend months recruiting, weeks interviewing, and then hope your new hire works out. But what if that whole model is becoming obsolete? What if, instead of hoarding talent, you could access exactly the expertise you need, exactly when you need it—and have a high-performing team assembled in minutes?
Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein are Stanford professors who've spent years studying the future of work, and their new book, Flash Teams: Leading the Future of AI-Enhanced, On-Demand Work, reveals how this radical shift is already happening. We’ll hear from them in just a moment. Then in the second half we’ll hear some Big ideas from the 2024 book Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges by John Winsor and Jin Paik.
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Now, if you run any kind of business, you know that finding the right talent can be one of your hardest problems. You can spend months recruiting, weeks interviewing, and then hope your new hire works out. But what if that whole model is becoming obsolete? What if, instead of hoarding talent, you could access exactly the expertise you need, exactly when you need it—and have a high-performing team assembled in minutes?
Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein are Stanford professors who've spent years studying the future of work, and their new book, Flash Teams: Leading the Future of AI-Enhanced, On-Demand Work, reveals how this radical shift is already happening. We’ll hear from them in just a moment. Then in the second half we’ll hear some Big ideas from the 2024 book Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges by John Winsor and Jin Paik.
📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen
📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

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