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Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Alp Sezginsoy is the founder of Expertera, a platform helping companies access vetted independent experts and build smarter ways of working with external talent. Enjoyed this episode?Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcast 📩 Download the full transcript 📩 Key takeaways The biggest barrier to...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Natalie Narh is the founder and CEO of NewComma, a platform connecting global businesses with African creatives and helping companies discover, hire, and collaborate with independent talent they might never have found otherwise. Enjoyed this episode?Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcast 📩...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Laura Gill is a Business Manager supporting Microsoft’s product group, where she helps lead a global freelance-based customer support delivery program involving around 900 independent professionals across more than 50 countries. Enjoyed this episode?Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcast 📩...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts The companies getting the most value from freelancers aren’t hiring faster – they’re planning better. In this conversation with Maari Casey, you’ll learn why building a freelance bench beats scrambling for talent, how freelancers actually protect your full-time team, why AI should...
Berlin, June 2026. Two days. One iconic venue. 850 freelancers, contractors, and independent professionals — all asking versions of the same questions: How do I grow in a market that keeps shifting? Where does AI fit in my work without erasing what makes me good at it? And when will the politics finally catch up to how people actually work...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts For many companies, hiring freelancers still feels like opening a Pandora’s box. There is excitement in the idea of getting access to external expertise quickly. But there is also hesitation. Can we trust them? Will they deliver? Are they too expensive? Will they understand how we work? Will they...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Viki Dowthwaite is the Group Commercial Director at Trinnovo Group, helping companies across the UK, Ireland, DACH, and beyond build modern workforce strategies through contract, consultancy, embedded hiring, and specialist talent solutions. With more than 15 years in recruitment and workforce...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Rich Parker’s father worked for the same company for 35 years. That was the expectation. Stability was the social contract, and most people honoured it without question. One generation later, Rich himself worked across four companies. The generation after him entered the workforce during a...
Listen now on: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Freelancers are most valuable when companies know what problem they need solved. Gaëtan’s view is clear: independent talent works best when tied to specific outcomes, transformation projects, and business-critical needs. But companies must improve how they define the work, assess fit, and choose...
Most companies think they need more people, but in reality, they need more clarity. In the latest episode of The Independent Workforce Podcast, Úna Herlihy shares why the biggest mistake in hiring freelancers isn’t process, it’s mindset. From defining the real problem to integrating freelancers as true team members, this...