The Greatest Workforce Transition Is Your Greatest Opportunity

The Greatest Workforce Transition Is Your Greatest Opportunity

Yesterday, Disney announced it is cutting up to 1,000 employees, primarily in marketing. The savings? Reinvested into digital growth.

Read that again. Marketing. Not software engineering. Not IT operations. Marketing, one of the most strategic, most human functions inside a brand like Disney.

This is what the transition looks like when it stops being about developers and starts being about every function. Marketing. Finance. Supply chain. Procurement. Consumer insights. The traditional workforce is being reengineered in real time, and the companies moving first are the ones reinvesting the savings into digital and flexible capacity.

Here is the part most people miss. This is not a threat. This is the single greatest opportunity of our lifetime.

I know because I see it every single day inside Human Cloud. Just this week, the following buyers walked onto the platform:

• REI - Digital Product Design Manager
• Aon - repeat visitor, multiple sessions
• Cherry Bekaert - Director, multi-billion dollar advisory firm
• Octopus Energy - Team Leader, repeat visitor
• TCWGlobal - global workforce enterprise
• Alera Group - Executive Director, Employee Benefits
• Ochsner Health System - browsing talent solutions
• Pye Barker Fire & Safety - Administrator, national operator
• Bayerische Borse AG - 16 pages viewed since February
• Garvan Institute of Medical Research - multi-session visitor
• People 2.0 - the industry itself is paying attention
• Pitney Bowes - visiting HC directly
• UPC Polska - reading our staffing markup rates analysis
• Lauer & Weiss GmbH - 10 pages since March
• Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance - comparing SAP Fieldglass vs Beeline

These are not curious tire-kickers. These are operators, directors, and VPs at the exact kinds of companies that used to take twelve months and half a million dollars to select a vendor. Now they are finding what they need in minutes.

And this week, one of them, a leading F&B enterprise, did something even bigger. They are restructuring their entire talent strategy through a single RFP. Below, you will see the MENA solutions they shortlisted, and the exact kinds of business cases each of them can deliver across every function of an F&B business.

Two Ways the Workforce Is Being Reengineered

Two new podcast episodes, one theme. The workforce is being rebuilt from the inside out by two very different people.

Joao Lucio - The Entrepreneur Reengineering Delivery

Joao spent 30+ years inside the traditional workforce, at Accenture and Cognizant, where he led Cognizant's 5,000+ person LATAM operation across seven countries. Then he reengineered it. beecrowd now validates tech talent through gamification and AI assessments. 1.2 million users, 93% placement accuracy, and zero performance-based replacements in five years. Top 1% of solutions on Human Cloud. Listen on Human Cloud.

Yuri Kruman - The Talent Leader Reengineering Talent

Yuri is an HR operator who turned himself into an AI builder. Every morning, he ships five AI products using Claude. PWC analyzed six billion job postings and found a 56% pay gap between AI builders and dabblers. Yuri shows you how to close it. Listen on Human Cloud.

Industry Insights

Disney Cuts Up to 1,000 in Marketing Under New CEO

Disney's new CEO Josh D'Amaro announced up to 1,000 layoffs yesterday, primarily targeting the recently consolidated marketing department. The savings are being redirected into digital growth. This is the clearest signal yet that the AI transition is hitting every function, not just tech.

Where There's Flexible Talent, There's a Growing Economy

A new Mercatus Center study finds that states restricting flexible work saw employment decline across the board. The data makes the case: flexible talent infrastructure drives economic growth, and restrictive worker classification laws cost jobs. Read the analysis.

Top Talent Just Tripled Their ROI

55% of employers regret their AI layoffs. 31% found rehiring cost more than they saved. The company of the future is three concentric rings, and most companies only have a strategy for one. Read the analysis.

Running Remote 2026 - Austin, April 27-29

The fastest growing flexible work conference lands in Austin at the end of this month. Learn more.

Solution Spotlight: MENA Shortlist for a Leading F&B Enterprise

This week a leading F&B enterprise shortlisted the following solutions through a single RFP to restructure their talent strategy across the MENA region and beyond.

• Expert Powerhouse (Munich, Germany) - Connects top consulting experts with businesses worldwide for procurement, category management, and commercial due diligence across global manufacturers and retailers.
• Khibraty (Amman, Jordan) - A tech-enabled platform connecting organizations to a global network of experts for staffing and project management in the MENA region.
• Expertera (Istanbul, Turkey) - On-demand talent-as-a-service platform connecting businesses with global experts across 150+ industries.
• Expert360 (Australia & New Zealand) - Vetted contract talent network delivering curated experts and teams within 48 hours.

8 Business Cases From the MENA RFP Shortlist

Eight real business cases that show what happens when a leading F&B enterprise restructures their talent strategy through a single RFP - what the MENA shortlist has already delivered for global enterprises.

1. Supply Chain Planning: Expert360 + Turners & Growers - Delivered 3 SAP IBP work packages, replacing a mostly manual S&OP for a global apples business.
2. Agile Delivery Turnaround: Expert360 + Westpac - Rebuilt feedback loops and tribe-level work visibility, cutting epic cycle time 42% in 90 days.
3. Contractor Workforce at Scale: Expert360 + NBN - Saved $60M and reduced contractor rates 30% across three years of a multi-hundred-million dollar national network rollout.
4. Global Go-to-Market Strategy: Expert360 + Datacom - Delivered $15M year-one new SaaS revenue through a global go-to-market strategy, roadmap, and investment case.
5. Procurement Backbone: Expert Powerhouse + Global Manufacturer - 7-month SAP S/4HANA and Ariba workstream leadership harmonized procurement at scale.
6. Raw Materials Cost Reduction: Expert Powerhouse + F&B Manufacturer - A category manager led 6-month cost reduction and synergy identification across raw materials procurement.
7. Long-Range Category Strategy: Expert Powerhouse + Automotive OEM - Expert-led workshops defined a 2035 product and channel strategy for an aftermarket business, a model for any F&B category roadmap.
8. Tech Talent Pipeline: beecrowd + SAP Labs Hungary - Streamlined hiring with a scalable evaluation process in a competitive market.

The transition is already here. The buyers are already here. Start your search today.