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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
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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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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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6 upcoming industry events tracked by the community
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The stories moving the flexible-workforce market — curated Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs in A.I.-Driven Push to Lower Costs
Barclays will cut about 5,000 jobs by year-end, about 5% of its workforce, attributing the reductions to AI-driven efficiency.
The New York Times · Oct 22Robert Half Staffing Revenue Up in Q3 for First Time Since 2022
Robert Half's Talent Solutions returned to growth in Q3, a turn in staffing demand that buyers of flexible talent will read as a signal.
Staffing Industry Analysts · Oct 23
Events.
One room, once a month on the call — and around a table in person. Invitation only.
HC Community Call - October 2026
Where flexible talent fits amidst the broader talent ecosystem. Flexible talent has spent a decade promising to disrupt staffing, professional services, and the talent world. Yet...it has not. This call is about where it actually fits, why it hasn't "crossed the chasm", and how solutions can learn how to win in it without losing what makes you special.
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