HC Executive Community
A closed-door room for the talent leaders building flexible talent into their workforce strategy. Meet your peers, set the standards for the category, and make collective demands of the solutions serving you — with no vendors listening in.
One room. One voice.
Meet your peers, set the standards for the category, and turn shared frustrations into a collective ask — then hold the solutions serving you to it.
Meet your peers
Other talent leaders wrestling with the same shift — in a no-vendor room where you can speak freely.
Set the standards
Define what good looks like for the category: how flexible talent is bought, measured, and governed.
- SLAs — Response times, quality bars, and reporting standards.
- Contract terms — Fair, portable terms.
Who runs this room.
A peer who has sat in your seat — not a vendor, not a moderator.
Tony Buffum
Former Public-Company CHRO
I spent my career as a public-company Chief Human Resources Officer, leading workforce transformations across Fortune 500 organizations. I built and scaled enterprise flexible-talent programs before the category had a name — and now I convene the leaders defining what comes next.
I host the monthly call, shape each agenda around what you're wrestling with right now, and carry the room's collective standards back to the solutions serving our category.
Upwork
VP, HR Client Strategy
FLIR Systems
CHRO
Stanley Black & Decker
VP of HR
Our Executive in Residence Network
Plus a bench of operators and executives-in-residence who advise the room.
Matthew Mottola
CEO & Co-Founder
Caitlin McGregor
Head of Growth
Jack Spencer
Head of UK Adoption
Matt Coatney
AI & Technology Executive
The full network unlocks when you're accepted
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Preliminary2026 Flexible Workforce Study · in partnership with Independently
How do you compare to the companies and solutions in the study?
Every question in both surveys, cut by company size, industry and solution type, updated as responses land.
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Co-authored by Human Cloud and Independently. About the study
Industry Insights
Everything happening in the flexible-workforce industry — acquisitions, funding, stats, and terminology. Curated by Human Cloud.
Community-curated events across HR, Tech, Workforce & more.
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21 upcoming industry events tracked by the community
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The stories moving the flexible-workforce market — curated Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
US Payrolls Surge 162,000 in August, Triple Forecasts, as Unemployment Holds at 4.1%
The BLS reported nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 162,000 in August, far outpacing the 53,000 consensus, while unemployment held steady at 4.1%.
CNBC · Sep 4Challenger: Employers Announce 52,881 Job Cuts in August, Up 58% From July
Layoff announcements rose 58% month-over-month even as they fell 38% year-over-year, with technology still leading 2026's total cuts at more than 155,000 through August.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas · Sep 4
Events.
One room, once a month on the call — and around a table in person. Invitation only.
HC Community Call - September 2026
First look at the 2026 Flexible Workforce Study data. We launched the study on August 31 with Independently, two surveys, one for companies and one for solutions. This call walks through the early results, how solutions can take part, and what Tony, Jeff, and Matthew make of the data.
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Past Events
August 2026
HC Community Call - August 2026
Last call before fall gets crazy. We talked through which events are actually worth going to, what buyers are spending money on, and a few members showed off what they built with AI.
Ray Culver
John Healy
Sarah MusgroveTony BuffumMatthew MottolaResources
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Partners we recommend.
Organizations the community trusts to help talent leaders build flexible talent into their workforce strategy.
