Human Cloud Monthly, July, 2025
Join Human Cloud for a monthly community call.
SHRM25 Recap
Tony Buffum recaps a successful week at SHRM Annual meeting with 75+ executives at the forefront of technology and talent.
Human Cloud Executive Dinner at SHRM Annual
Join Tony Buffum and your HR executive peers at SHRM for a closed door dinner to discuss HR, TA, and the intersection of talent and technology.
Talent Innovator Index
Talent Innovator Index: Are You A Leader Or Lagger? We developed a quick way to measure you or your clients level of talent innovation. Each leader gets a score, and that score determines which persona you fit in below.
Market Map
Human Cloud’s Market Map is a global snapshot of the B2B Flexible Talent Industry. The Flexible Talent Industry encompasses fractional, freelance, and gig talent platforms, along with the increasing agentic AI applications to digital workers.
Human Cloud Acquires PeopleGPT to Build the Premier AI-Driven HR Community
Today, global workforce advisory firm Human Cloud acquired PeopleGPT, the leading community for AI-focused People Leaders and Founders, creating the new Human Cloud HR Community.
Gig Eagle – Revolutionizing National Defense Through AI and Flexible Workforce Platforms
GigEagle is the US Department of Defense’s AI-driven talent platform that revolutionizes how the nation connects talent with national security needs. Each week we’ll be dropping new highlight videos until the final release.
Flexible Talent comes for Consulting and Front Line Workers, AI freakout is probably real, and top enterprise challenge right now
17.7% CAGR for talent platforms, an increase from 2024, learn why and how you can use flexible talent to transform your industry.
Quarterly Update Q1’25
Human Cloud Quarterly Update, made for executives at the edge of the flexible workforce, including HR, Talent Acquisition, Procurement, Platform, and Business Executives. Includes Hiring Trends, External Talent Trends, Government/Policy Trends, and Technology Trends.
The State and Future of HR in 2025
Tony Buffum breaks down Technology and Talent Disruptions, The Growing Shift to Independent Work, The Lag in HR’s Digital Transformation, 2025 Trends and Policy Shifts, and Actionable Steps for HR Leaders.