Matthew Mottola is the CEO of Human Cloud, the leading sourcing platform for companies to scale their future workforce. A serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of The Human Cloud book, published by HarperCollins; Matthew has been at the forefront of workforce tech for 15+ years. With an extended passport, Matthew has lived, led companies, and spoken across 50 international stages, while leading and advising global brands from Microsoft, to Novo Nordisk, to G7 Governments.
Published by HarperCollins, The Human Cloudexplores how artificial intelligence and flexible talent are reshaping every layer of work — and what leaders, builders, and the talent themselves should do about it.
“Human Cloud is the story of two transformations – artificial intelligence and the Human Cloud – and how they are deconstructing the world of work. With the power of the Human Cloud, you can create, innovate, and invent whole new products and markets for your ideas.”
Dan Pink — #1 New York Times Best Selling Author of When and DriveRead The Book
The Podcast · #1 Globally In Flexible Workforce Category
The Human Cloud Podcast
The #1 podcast globally in the flexible workforce category. Each week, Matthew sits down with the executives, founders, and operators reshaping how the world works — from inside the Fortune 500 to the platforms scaling flexible talent.
“Required listening for anyone serious about the future of work. Each week, Matthew gets the conversations no one else does – the data, the playbooks, and the operators actually reshaping how the world works.”
Matthew possesses a rare ability to combine flexible talent expertise, with startup speed & creativity, all while understanding the unique needs of the enterprise.
Liane Scult
Microsoft’s First Ever Freelance PM
Matthew transformed the way we approach hiring. As a nationwide coffee company in the US, he showed us a better way to manage growth by pairing us with talent from all around the world.
Alex Sachs
Head of Operations, Puroast Coffee
Matthew 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 Mossman
Product Lead, Generative AI & Talent Marketplaces
Human Cloud helps us future proof for however the next decade plus could turn out. The rapidly changing work landscape has been a source of fear for me. It’s tough to know what to prepare for when I don’t know what’s coming. I also made the book a required reading for my team so we can put together a game plan and make sure we thrive in this ever changing game we call work.
Joseph Robbins
COO, Public Grid
Human Cloud provides us with a clear vision of a new workplace, where the gig economy becomes mainstream, almost everybody works alongside a smart machine, and everything is in the cloud.
Thomas H. Davenport
Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Matthew Mottola is a true expert in the freelance industry. His deep understanding of the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the space is unparalleled. At FaaST Solutions, we’ve had the pleasure of working with Matthew and have been consistently impressed by his insights and valuable contributions. I highly recommend Matthew to any organisation looking to navigate the complex world of freelance work.
David Obadia
Ex VP, SAP Fieldglass
Matt is exceptional at developing authentic, trust-based relationships. He has a unique ability to listen with great empathy, understand the core essence of what the business needs — and translate those requirements into a framework that can be executed successfully with open talent resources. Matt is also able to prioritize the shortest path to impact within a portfolio of open talent options. He’s an incredible partner for organizations executing talent model transformation.
Dyan Finkhousen
CEO, Shoshin Works · Ex Global Director, Open Innovation at GE
Matthew consistently delivers outstanding results. His contributions to the Microsoft Gig community have been exceptional, and we’re all eager to collaborate with him again in the future!
GM, Microsoft’s Gig Program
Microsoft
Matthew was super helpful in connecting dots across the enterprise freelance landscapes and building networks that solve cutting-edge problems.
Manager, Human Capital
Deloitte
Your insights and knowledge have been invaluable to our learning!
Brandon Lee
Assistant Chief Executive, Workforce Singapore
Now that distributed teams are the new normal it is time to get serious about how remote work changes project delivery risk and team efficiency. The Human Cloud lays out the case for using data analytics and AI to make remote workers more efficient while delivering higher quality — this is the next leap forward.
Chris Keene
Ex CEO, Gigster
I’ve been running a marketing services firm for over 20 years using outsourced freelancers, but the Human Cloud has inspired me to do so much more with the talent out there. Freelance is the future to master. And the book — rarely do I read a business book as good as this!
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