
Transform Work
Open Assembly
The Transform Work podcast brought to you by Open Assembly features the best and brightest thinkers leaders, organizations, platforms, freelance workers, and academics devoted to advancing the thinking and practical application of open work strategies. Here you will find thought leadership, connections, and content in a collaborative effort to transform work.
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WORK. with Cal Adamson, Co-founder & CEO of Distributed
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05/30/22 • 24 min
This WORK. features Cal Adamson, the Co-founder and CEO of Distributed.
Distributed is a private talent cloud platform that has rebuilt enterprise outsourcing to harness modern freelancer developer talent at scale.
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Cal Adamson

05/02/22 • 33 min
This edition of the WORK. podcast features Mina Bastawros, the Vice President of Creative and Digital Marketing at Airbus, where he oversees how to do better marketing, but also marketing better at Airbus.
Mina Bastawros

02/03/23 • 46 min
On this episode of the WORK. podcast, Open Assembly founder John Winsor checks in with Bettina Schaller. Bettina is the Senior Vice President of Global Government and Public Affairs at The Addeco Group where she oversees regulatory and policy issues. She is also the President of the World Employment Confederation, which represents labor market enablers in 50 countries and 7 of the largest international workforce solutions companies. Bettina is a global labor market expert and thought leader and was recently named to the Global Power 150 Women in Staffing List for 2022.
Bettina Schaller
The Addeco Group
World Employment Confederation
Past WORK. podcast episodes
Open Assembly

WORK. with Topcoder CEO Mike Morris
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08/31/20 • 22 min
Topcoder is a one of the world's leading platforms with a network of 1.5 million designers, developers, data scientists, and testers from around the globe that help Topcoder customers solve real-world problems. Topcoder’s list of clients is impressive and a few names you’ll recognize are T-Mobile, Zurich Insurance and Wellmark.
For some, on-demand talent, crowdsourcing and the open economy are a new way of doing things, but Topcoder was founded way back in 2001 and essentially paved the way to where we are today.
I met Mike a few years ago at an event at the Harvard Business School and he never ceases to amaze me. In this episode we dive into a bit of history on Topcoder, where they are today and where they are headed in the future. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Mike Morris, CEO of Topcoder.

WORK. with Communo CEO & Co-founder Ryan Gill
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11/30/20 • 43 min
Welcome to another episode of the Open Assembly Podcast. In this episode we have a really great conversation with Ryan Gill Co-founder and CEO of Communo.
Communo is a community of advertising and marketing professionals who give and get work from each other via Communo’s platform. It's for creative professionals looking for work or agencies looking to hire contingent workers for a specific project. Communo is many more things, too.
Ryan is a serial entrepreneur who had his hand in the marketing agency world for more than two decades. Besides running Communo, he is a driving force behind The Gathering, an awesome event for the marketing and advertising world that is held annually in Canada. He was also the co-founder of the Cult Collective, a Canadian-based marketing engagement firm.
As you'll hear, Ryan is a ball of passion... as well as a man on a mission. Ryan and Communo are firing on all cylinders right now and I love where this is all going. Please enjoy this dynamic conversation with Ryan Gill, Co-founder and CEO of Communo.

Transform Work: Úna Herlihy, Co-founder, The Indie List
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10/16/23 • 39 min
This Open Assembly Transform Work podcast edition features Úna Herlihy, Co-founder and curator of The Indie List. The founding story of The Indie List is fantastic, and she and her co-founder Peter McPartlin are creating something special.
The Indie List is Ireland’s online talent-management company representing a diverse range of the best independent talent in the marketing, communications, digital, and e-commerce sectors. They offer seamless access to exceptional talent who deliver brilliant input with real commercial impact.
Úna Herlihy
Peter McPartlin
The Indie List
The Indie List Fractional Marketing Collective
Lee Willoughby
Benjamin Schriel
Bubty

06/27/22 • 44 min
This edition of the WORK. podcast welcomes Prakash Gupta. Prakash is the Chief Revenue Officer at Turing. Turing is an Intelligent Talent Cloud that uses deep expertise in Machine Learning and Data Science to deliver top engineers to build your software development dream team.
Prakash Gupta
Turing

05/17/22 • 25 min
This episode of the WORK. Podcast features Sam Orrin, the Global Director of Business Development at Worksome.
Worksome is a platform that makes managing a contingent workforce fast and painless by automating freelancer and contractor payments, billing, and compliance processes. Sam Orrin

02/23/21 • 32 min
In this episode of the Work Podcast, Open Assembly founder John Winsor has a great conversation with Tim Pröhm the Vice President of Digital Product Architecture at Kelly. Tim applies an analytical and design-thinking approach to bring new Kelly products to life and upgrade existing ones.
Show notes and links:
Tim Prohm - Vice President Digital Product Architecture
Karim Lakhani - Harvard Business School
Jim Paik - Laboratory for Innovation Sciences at Harvard

WORK. with 99designs CEO & President Patrick Llewellyn
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11/18/20 • 26 min
In this edition of the Open Assembly Podcast, John Winsor peaks with Patrick Llewellyn, CEO and President of 99designs.
99designs is a global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together to create designs they love. From clients who need custom design, to designers who want quality projects, people around the world rely on the 99designs creative process to do amazing design.
The company just recently launched two new products for corporate clients. 99designs Select and 99designs Studio enable brands and marketers to leverage 99design’s remote creative talent pool to enhance their in-house teams when needed.
Patrick has been steering the ship at 99designs for nearly a decade and has seen it all including being a scrappy start-up, securing venture capital and now driving global growth. We hope you enjoy this great conversation with Patrick Llewellyn.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Transform Work have?
Transform Work currently has 72 episodes available.
What topics does Transform Work cover?
The podcast is about Future Of Work, Freelance, Podcasts, Business, Economy, Open and Freelancer.
What is the most popular episode on Transform Work?
The episode title 'Transform Work: Benjamin Plummer, CEO at Invisible Technologies' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Transform Work?
The average episode length on Transform Work is 35 minutes.
How often are episodes of Transform Work released?
Episodes of Transform Work are typically released every 12 days, 21 hours.
When was the first episode of Transform Work?
The first episode of Transform Work was released on Aug 26, 2020.
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