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Executive Briefing

Traditional talent channels aren’t enough.

What your business teams say…

Too slow:
by the time the req is filled, we no longer need that person
Too inflexible:
we can’t adapt fast because we’re stuck navigating severance
Not AI native:
traditional talent processes work against our AI strategy, not with it

We know a better way: flexible talent

Our Executive Briefing breaks down the stats, solutions, and frameworks leading organizations are using to embrace flexible talent.

Includes
  • Freelance
  • FMS
  • Direct sourcing
  • Independent workforce
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Schedule your Executive Briefing

Briefings are reserved for qualified organizations. Apply for yours — or redeem the code we gave you.

We’re Human Cloud. We help organizations navigate their future workforce. From freelance, to fractional, to the agentic workforce, work is undergoing a seismic change. We help companies go from chaos to clarity, with Executive Briefings as the start.

35+
Years at the frontier of workforce tech
50+
F500s helped
“With the power of the Human Cloud you can create, innovate, and invent whole new products and markets for your ideas.”
Daniel H. Pink#1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, When and Free Agent Nation

Preview the briefing

Whether a G7 government or the largest burger chain, you’ll walk away with the right questions, the right answers, and the start of the right strategy.

Typical Agenda

45 MINUTES

  • 01What we hear from the business sideTraditional talent channels are falling short5 min
  • 02DefinitionsFlexible, direct, freelance — what’s the difference?5 min
  • 03State of flexible talent72.9M individuals, 3k+ solutions10 min
  • 04State of AI & talentTraditional talent is neutral to negative, flexible talent growing over 20%

Inside the deck

Some of what goes on the screen. The rest is for the room.

The deck

30 SLIDES

Slide 1

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Cover: How Leading Organizations Are Rethinking Flexible Talent
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Who runs it

From Industrial to Pharmaceuticals, there isn't an industry we haven't helped.

Matthew Mottola

Matthew Mottola

CEO, Human Cloud

Leads working team adoption

Built Microsoft’s signature freelance product, founded and exited a venture-backed workforce SaaS company, and wrote the book that named the category.

  • Author, The Human Cloud — HarperCollins
  • Built Microsoft’s first freelance talent product
  • Founder, Venture L (venture-backed, exited)
Tony Buffum

Tony Buffum

Chief Strategy Officer, Human Cloud

Leads executive strategy

Who should be in the room

This decision is never one person’s. Bring the six who own it.

  • CFO

    40–80%

    lower talent cost, with a shift from fixed to variable cost

  • CHRO

    1M+

    forward-deployed skillsets, reachable without opening a req

  • Head of Procurement

    60%

    of talent spend is deemed “rogue”, with a material chunk of this being flexible talent

  • CTO

    5 days

    to the exact, specialized individual you need

  • CMO

    3x

    output per marketer, with the headcount line held flat

  • Digital Transformation

    100x

    productivity gains by embedding agentic talent models across your organization

Book your Executive Briefing

A closed-door briefing by Human Cloud

Complete the eligibility review to apply — or redeem the access code we gave you and book straight away.

Or in person this fall

6 CITIES

  • BostonSeptember
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  • New YorkOctober

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  • 05What leading organizations are doingA Talent Access Strategy & The Three Horizon Framework10 min
  • 06Q&A5 min
  • What your peers have said

    • “

      That was an awesome conversation. I am actively emailing my procurement team to see if they can join and start having these conversations with different IC experts and solution builders.

      Industrial F500Executive Briefing attendee, September 2026
    • “

      Your insights and knowledge have been invaluable to our learning!

      Brandon LeeAssistant Chief Executive, Workforce Singapore
    • “

      Human Cloud saved us months of trial and error by helping us understand how to structure our program, manage change, increase adoption, and better understand risks.

      Preston MossmanProduct Lead, Generative AI & Talent Marketplaces

    Twenty years as an HR leader inside public companies, then head of HR client strategy at the largest freelance marketplace in the world.

    • Former CHRO, FLIR Systems (public company)
    • Former VP, HR — Stanley Black & Decker
    • Former VP, HR Client Strategy — Upwork

    Our Executives In Network

    Our network of SMEs, operators, and practitioners that have deployed flexible talent across all environments.

    Lee Cage Jr.

    Lee Cage Jr.

    Transformation & Technology Leader

    Q Hamirani

    Q Hamirani

    CHRO, Founder, PeopleGPT

    John Healy

    John Healy

    Workforce Futurist

    Cory Hymel

    Cory Hymel

    AI & Flexible Talent Leader

    Jonathan Wolfson

    Jonathan Wolfson

    US Workforce Policy Advisor

    Glen Hodgson

    Glen Hodgson

    EU Workforce Policy Advisor

    Kelly Monahan, Ph.D.

    Future of Work Researcher

    Gale Wilkinson

    Future of Work Investor

    Matt Coatney

    AI & Technology Executive

    Jon Younger, Ph.D.

    Freelance Economy Advisor

    Jeff Nugent

    Contingent Workforce Pioneer

    Tracy Westcott

    Founder, Talent Track Solutions

    Ryan Bettencourt

    Growth Operator

    Steve Rader

    Open Innovation Pioneer · ex-NASA

    Brad Collins

    M&A Advisor · Fractional CFO

    Karina Rehavia

    Talent Marketplace Founder

    Bryan Peña

    Contingent Workforce Authority

    Steve King

    Future of Work Researcher

    Ray Culver

    Contingent Workforce GTM Strategist

    William Tincup

    HR & Talent Analyst

    Bob Pulver

    Responsible AI Advisor

    Vikram Ashok

    Talent Marketplace Founder

    Jody Greenstone Miller

    On-Demand Talent Pioneer

    Barry Matthews

    Open Talent Leader

    Brian Hoffmeyer

    Extended Workforce Strategist

    Bruce Morton

    Workforce Strategist & Author

    Liane Scult

    Enterprise Freelance Pioneer

    Asal Naraghi

    Future of Work Innovation Leader

    100+ EINs

    Organizations we’ve helped

    Stanley Black & DeckerGENovo NordiskMicrosoftFLIR SystemsDeloitteKoch IndustriesSamsungThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    The Human Cloud, published by HarperCollins

    Published by HarperCollins

    We wrote the book on flexible work

    In 2019 — before LLMs — we predicted how AI and talent platforms would produce the flexible workforce.

    Grab your copy

    The Human Cloud Market Map

    We’ve mapped this industry since 2012

    Every quarter we publish the Human Cloud Market Map — 300+ solutions across 30+ countries, sorted by what they actually do. This is the current edition.

    Explore the rankings behind it
    The Human Cloud Market Map, Q4 2026: 300+ flexible workforce solutions grouped by category.
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