Today was huge. I call it the Verizon Event. For a few years Daniel and I have been talking non-stop about changes in traditional employment. We discuss the social and economic drivers behind those changes. But not so much about corporations. I have written about the eventual end of traditional hierarchical organizational structure in modern corporations….
Find Work, Not Jobs! There may not be as many jobs these days, but the business of America still needs to get done. As independent professionals, independent consultants, contractors, Free Agents!… we don’t need jobs, we need work and clients. Next time you are at your favorite trade and professional association meeting or anywhere else…
24/7 Wall St recently ran an article entitled “The Ten American Industries Which Will Never Recover”. Their list is interesting – summarized here: Construction: because of the existing inventory of unsold homes – we have whole, recent ghost towns for sale (especially since the lenders kicked everybody out instead of cutting them down to a…
Independent Contractors, Independent Consultants, Freelancers, Free agents: this day is for you. Whether you are free of traditional employment by choice, or one of the millions of reluctant independent contractors (people laid-off and out of a traditional job), you will get to see economic recovery before anyone else does. The current recession will not end…