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The ILO's first Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy is bigger than a gig-work story. The marketplace of the future is not just a matching engine, it is a governance layer, and trust is the next competitive advantage.
Tony Buffum· 5 min readJeremy Lyons explains why most TA teams fail at AI adoption by skipping the ethics layer and jumping straight to tools, and what the best companies do instead
Tony Buffum· 5 min readRich Wilson and Davie Gow explain the 40-40-20 workforce model and how Arnold Clark built a blended talent program from scratch
Tony Buffum· 5 min readSnap cut 1,000 roles. Disney eliminated entire marketing divisions. Marketing just surged to #1 on Human Cloud alongside a 133% increase in creative and design. Plus new categories appearing for the first time.
Tony Buffum· 8 min readRevolut just launched an EOR. Disney just cut 1,000 marketers. The flexible workforce stopped being a trend. Now it is infrastructure.
Tony Buffum· 6 mina16z data shows top companies generating $700K ARR per employee - up 2x since 2018. The old benchmark of $200K is now the median. Here is what that means for how companies build teams.
Tony Buffum· 8 min readFoxHire's Multi-State Hiring Compliance Burden Index reveals that 50% of employers reject qualified candidates due to state compliance concerns. We break down what the data means for workforce strategy.
Tony Buffum· 4 min readKim Lee explains why most leadership workshops fail within weeks — and how she built an AI coaching app to make management development actually stick
Tony Buffum· 5 min readPaul Vallee explains why data enclaves and zero trust architecture remove the #1 barrier to enterprise freelancer adoption -- and why new compliance rules make it urgent
Tony Buffum· 5 min readStatement of Work spend is the largest unmanaged category in most enterprise workforce budgets. Here is why SOW management matters, what companies get wrong, and how to fix it.
Tony Buffum· 11 min read92% of companies plan to hire in 2026, but 55% also expect layoffs. This week's full breakdown: industry intel, platform data, trending solutions, and the AI productivity gap.
Tony Buffum· 8 min readJanuary 2026 showed resilience with 130K jobs added, but revised 2025 data reveals one of the weakest years for job creation outside recessions. Here's what it means for flexible talent.
Tony Buffum· 6 min read