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Executive Briefing

You need to make AI work. Yet 95% of initiatives aren’t working.

The reason: traditional talent strategies don’t work in the agentic era.

Their too slow:
by the time TA or staffing finds someone, you don’t need them anymore
Their too generic:
they optimize for resumes and interview loops, not exact expertise
Their too inflexible:
they optimize for permanence, not variability

In Human Cloud’s Executive Briefing, you’ll learn how leading organizations are making AI work through the right talent strategy.

See a preview

Schedule your Executive Briefing

Briefings are reserved for qualified organizations. Complete a short eligibility review to apply — or redeem the code we gave you.

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.

Agenda

90 MINUTES

  • 01The state of talentHeadcount isn’t coming back, and 72.9M US workers are choosing to be independent35 min
  • 02The state of AI95% of AI initiatives aren’t working — and the 40 / 40 / 20 blend of flexible talent, agents and FTEs that does35 min
  • 03The roadmap3 / 12 / 24 month horizons — what to pilot, what to scale, what to operate20 min

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

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

Who should be in the room

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

The invite list

6 SEATS

  • CFO

    60% lower talent cost, with a shift from fixed to variable cost

  • CHRO

    1M+ forward-deployed skillsets, reachable without opening a req

  • Head of Procurement

    3k+ flexible talent solutions under one compliant contract

  • CTO

    Exact forward-deployed specialists, not generic developers

  • CMO

    3x output per marketer, with the headcount line held flat

  • Digital Transformation

    Embed agentic talent models across your organization

Your peers

  • “

    Your insights and knowledge have been invaluable to our learning!

    Brandon LeeAssistant Chief Executive, Workforce Singapore
  • “

    Human Cloud possesses a rare ability to combine flexible talent expertise, with startup speed & creativity, all while understanding the unique needs of the enterprise.

    Liane ScultMicrosoft’s First Ever Freelance PM
  • “

    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

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
  • DallasLate September · SIA
  • New YorkOctober
  • San FranciscoOctober
  • ChicagoOctober
  • LondonNovember

Name your city in the form and we’ll run it in your boardroom.

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