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Jeff Nugent reveals why IC compliance is the 900-pound gorilla preventing enterprises from scaling flexible talent — and what finally changes in 2026
Matthew Mottola· 5 min readJose De Cabo analyzed every line of open-source code to find the top 2% of LATAM engineers — here's what most companies get wrong about remote talent
Matthew Mottola· 5 min readMost workforce platforms blend relevance with popularity into one meaningless score. We rebuilt ours from scratch around three independent axes — and made the whole thing transparent.
Matthew Mottola· 8 min readEvery time you search for a workforce solution, you start from zero. The Workspace changes that — a persistent, memory-powered environment that gets smarter every time you use it.
Matthew Mottola· 7 min readBob Pulver draws on 22 years at IBM — including seven years at IBM Research where Watson was born — to explain why every organization needs to elevate its AIQ before deploying AI at scale.
Matthew Mottola· 7 min readA breakdown of fractional executive pricing — hourly rates by seniority, monthly retainers, and how they compare to full-time hires.
Matthew Mottola· 5 min readThe 2026 Talent Lens Survey from Heidrick & Struggles reveals a fundamental shift in how organizations deploy on-demand leadership.
Matthew Mottola· 7 min readJon Younger has been at the forefront of the freelance economy for over a decade. His latest piece on where we've been — and where we're going — is essential reading for every talent leader.
Matthew Mottola· 15 min readAfter 221 episodes, Human Cloud podcast joins William Tincup's Work Defined network. Here's what it means for our listeners and the future of flexible work content.
Matthew Mottola· 5 min readThe flexible talent market has crossed from education to scale. 72.9 million Americans work independently, companies are rebuilding workforce models, and the market needs infrastructure.
Matthew Mottola· 5 min readEvery major enterprise buying category gets its intelligence layer. The flexible workforce market—$1.3 trillion and growing—never got one. Until now.
Matthew Mottola· 4 min readThree fundamental principles for successfully engaging flexible talent: keep it simple, make it seamless, and don't ignore security.
Matthew Mottola· 4 min readCompanies don't need teams of 500 anymore—they need teams of 5 employees, 5 AI tools, and 5,000+ contractors in their elastic network.
Matthew Mottola· 5 min readA look back at Human Cloud's highlights, milestones, and insights from December.
Matthew Mottola· 3 min readMeet the Top 20 Solutions and more highlights from October.
Matthew Mottola· 3 min read