Jeff Mike - Flextrack

31 May UNLEASH America 2022 – Never Normal, Reinvention and Humanizing Technology

Posted at 14:47h in new by Jeff Mike

It’s late spring 2022, and in-person HR and technology conferences are back in a big way. Over two years of pent-up demand for full interaction with colleagues, networks, solution providers and industry leaders has channeled into some amazing events, including UNLEASH America held last week...

05 May Bluecrew: Humanizing the Extended Workforce With Technology and Data

Posted at 13:57h in new by Jeff Mike

The consumerization of workplace technology over the past decade and the rise of worker power precipitated by the pandemic are driving a permanent shift in the connections between people, work and organizations. Nowhere has this shift been more acute than in HR, and HR has...

27 Apr Creative Destruction and the “Other” Workforce

Posted at 16:30h in new by Jeff Mike

Creative destruction is an economic concept that describes the perpetual process of innovation and evolution in business markets. It “revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating the new one.” The implication is that outdated beliefs, behaviors, systems and structures...

08 Apr Extended Workforce Ecosystems, HR, and the Future of the Contingent Workforce – A Conversation with Workforce Futurist Terri Gallagher

Posted at 12:18h in new by Jeff Mike

One of the best parts of my role here as Head of Research here at Flextrack is all the great people and organizations I get to speak with as I explore our ecosystem for insights and partners who can help us give the extended workforce...

01 Apr Dispatch from ProcureCon 2022 – In-Person Insights from the Extended Workforce

Posted at 19:15h in new by Jeff Mike

The anticipation had been building for months – my first in-person conference in over two years! The last time I spoke at an event, in March 2020, the world was on the cusp of facing COVID-19. There were no masks or social distancing in the...

04 Mar Halfway There: HR, Platforms and the Extended Workforce

Posted at 14:29h in new by Jeff Mike

The Good News:Human resources (HR) is engaging with the extended workforce to solve skill shortages and achieve C-Level priorities that are driven by pandemic-intensified turnover rates and the greater adoption of flexible, remote and hybrid working arrangements.The Numbers: Recent estimates of the extended workforce, or...

24 Feb Creative Destruction and New Ways of Working

Posted at 13:32h in new by Jeff Mike

Hybrid work is finally here to stay. According to a new survey by Advanced Workplace Associates, just 3% of over 10,000 finance, technology, and energy workers want to return to the office full-time. On top of that, 86% of the workers surveyed said they want...

10 Feb The Extended Workforce and HR: Beyond Buzzwords and Traditional Talent Strategies

Posted at 15:07h in new by Jeff Mike

By now, most leaders with responsibility for people—including HR—have heard of “The Great Resignation,” “The Great Reshuffle,” or other “Great” buzzwords about what’s currently happening with the workforce. While HR buzzwords can quickly become worn out, they sometimes help us simplify and make sense of...