Articles

What Motivates Gig Economy Workers

Originally published in "Harvard Business Review". The gig economy workforce is growing. A new Pew Research Center survey on the sharing economy shows that 8% of American adults earned money from an online employment platform in the last year across industries, such as ride hailing, online tasks, and cleaning/laundry.

Who Wins in the Gig Economy, and Who Loses

Originally published in "Harvard Business Review". The winners and losers in the U.S. economy have traditionally been easy to identify. If you had a full-time job, you won. A full-time job provided the steady income needed to support our traditional version of the American Dream: the highly leveraged, high-fixed-cost house; the cars; the latest consumer goods.

Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy

Originally published in "McKinsey & Company". The McKinsey Global Institute examines all the ways people are earning income, as well as the challenges independent work presents.

Why I Tell My MBA Students to Stop Looking for a Job and Join the Gig Economy

Originally published in "Harvard Business Review". When the students in the MBA course I teach on the gig economy ask me for the best thing they can do to prepare for their future careers, I tell them...

Does Toronto Have What it Takes to Compete

Originally published in Toronto Board of Trade’s "OnBoard magazine". This is the Summer 2016 edition.

In The Future We’ll All Have Multiple Jobs

Originally published in "Fast Company". Robots may replace us at menial tasks, but we are more likely to be moonlighting to advance our careers in the future.

Does Your Personality Fit The Gig Economy?

Originally published in "Forbes". The gig economy is here! While the 20th century was typified by a corporate model of work (long term salaried jobs, benefits, maybe a gold watch), the last decade has seen the strong emergence of gigs, freelancers, solopreneurs, the self-employed and the coffee shop-qua-office.

Just-in-time executives: The appeal of interim C-suite personnel

Originally published in "Enterprise Magazine". Written by Yolanda Brooks. When I was requesting interviews on the growing use of interim executives, I began to feel like a scandal-mongering tabloid hack...