State of Independence

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State of Independence Podcast

As MBO Partners predicted a decade ago, independent work has completely transformed the U.S. economy and the global outlook on work. Now, we’re bringing the insights of MBO’s annual State of Independence in America report to you–continuing the conversation with thinkers, leaders, and independent business owners, and discussing an economy fueled by businesses-of-one and the dynamics for companies that want to work with them. Welcome to State of Independence.

  1. Mark Gilbreath, LiquidSpace

    05/05/2021

    Mark Gilbreath, LiquidSpace

    Mark Gilbreath is CEO of LiquidSpace, a leader in hybrid and work-from-anywhere workplace transformation. MBO Partners speaks with Mark about what productive work environments look like, why distributed work can be good for both companies and workers—whether employees or independents—and what work culture has to do with it.

    37 min
  2. Joe Fuller, Harvard Business School

    28/04/2021

    Joe Fuller, Harvard Business School

    Joseph Fuller is Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he oversees the Managing the Future of Work Project and focuses his research on the changing nature of work and the evolution of the C-suite. He was the founder and longtime CEO of The Monitor Group, the global strategy consulting firm, now Monitor Deloitte. In this episode, MBO Partners speaks with Professor Fuller about what, in this time of rapid change, the term “the future of work” actually means and how we can apply his learnings to workforce design and transformation.

    43 min
  3. Paul Estes, The Gig Mindset

    21/04/2021

    Paul Estes, The Gig Mindset

    Paul Estes, the author of The Gig Mindset and currently the Chief Community Officer at Mural, is a workforce influencer thinking about how to keep the human at the center of the SaaS industry. In this epsiode, MBO Partners speaks with Paul about how workers and organizations are transforming themselves using gig economy strategies, as well as how organizations can harness the power of their own communities of on-demand experts to help create customer-centric solutions.

    32 min
  4. Sharon Kan, Pepperlane

    14/04/2021

    Sharon Kan, Pepperlane

    Sharon Kan is the co-founder and CEO of Pepperlane, the organization helping mothers turn their skills and ideas into businesses that fit into their lives. She’s also a serial entrepreneur whose startups have been acquired by Oracle, Microsoft, and Barnes and Noble. In this episode, MBO Partners speaks with Sharon about how she is shaking up the patriarchal system of work and supporting a 20-million strong market of talented moms that has the power to reshape the small business economy.

    36 min
  5. Liz Elam, GCUC

    07/04/2021

    Liz Elam, GCUC

    Liz Elam is the founder of the Global Coworking Unconference Community—GCUC—the largest coworking conference provider in the world. She's also a consultant and a leader in the flexible work space, studying both the design and the structure of the industry. In addition, Liz is a card-carrying futurist and popular coworking podcast host. In this episode, MBO Partners speaks with Liz about the roots of the coworking trend and why coworking and community are so important for the health and well-being of the future workforce.

    35 min
  6. Diane Mulcahy, Author, The Gig Economy

    30/03/2021

    Diane Mulcahy, Author, The Gig Economy

    Diane Mulcahy, independent consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 and startup company clients on the future of work, created the first MBA course in the country on the Gig Economy and used it to inform her best-selling book of the same name. In this episode, MBO Partners speaks with Diane about how the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated The Gig Economy and how the experience of the last year has both emphasized the benefits of a strong independent work economy and highlighted the need for improved labor policy.

    37 min
  7. Joe Mullings, The Mullings Group

    23/03/2021

    Joe Mullings, The Mullings Group

    Joe Mullings is founder, chairman, and CEO of The Mullings Group, the world’s leading search firm in medtech, healthtech and the life sciences, as well as the founder of a number of other companies, including a production company and a start-up incubator. In this episode, MBO Partners speaks with Joe about his ideas about how the future of technology is already impacting the future of work and the future of search and how workers need to be in control of their own career and personal brand to stay competitive.

    43 min
  8. Keaton Swett, MindSumo

    16/03/2021

    Keaton Swett, MindSumo

    Keaton Swett is the CEO and co-founder of the open innovation platform MindSumo and vice president of product at MBO Partners. In this episode, the State of Independence podcast focuses on Keaton's last decade of experience building and growing enterprise client, Gen Z and millennnial MindSumo community, MBO’s acquisition of the platform, and what it means for expanding the reach of crowdsourcing to both enterprise organizations and independent businesses of one.

    35 min
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As MBO Partners predicted a decade ago, independent work has completely transformed the U.S. economy and the global outlook on work. Now, we’re bringing the insights of MBO’s annual State of Independence in America report to you–continuing the conversation with thinkers, leaders, and independent business owners, and discussing an economy fueled by businesses-of-one and the dynamics for companies that want to work with them. Welcome to State of Independence.

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  • Creator
    MBO Partners
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2020
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    State of Independence

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