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AUGUST 22, 2016

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)  recently released a study showing that nearly  30% of the U.S. Staffing Industry Analysts describes the latter as “human cloud workers.” Both provide excellent information on how corporations view and use contingent talent as well as general information on the gig economy.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Deloitte University's Industrialized Crowdsourcing is one of the best, relatively short descriptions of crowdsourcing I've read.  Examples include crowdfunding as well as the contribution of information or other items of value. With the exception of crowdfunding, most users of crowdsourcing services are larger firms.

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APRIL 10, 2012

We've done a lot of work looking at Barbell Industrial Structures.   These industry structures consist of a relatively few giant corporations on one end, a narrow middle consisting of a shrinking number of mid-sized firms, and a large and growing number of small, micro and one person (solopreneur) firms on the other end.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Scarcity and Abundance in a World of Atoms and Bits | Main | Education Driving the She-conomy » October 15, 2010 Moodys Small Business Information Zone I found out about Moody's Small Buisness Information Zone from The Small Business Dashboard column by Gene Marks in the New York Times. 

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JUNE 16, 2010

Main | The Atlantic Monthly on The End of Men » June 16, 2010 The Future of Museums - A Good Source of Trend Information I just ran across the Center for the Future of Museums.    Both the blog and daily research round-up are excellent sources of trend information.   And check it out. 

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MARCH 19, 2019

Independent workers serve all industries, work with both businesses and consumers and participate in pretty much every job type and profession. Information technology has grown, but not as fast as most would guess. Construction is also lower, which is true for the construction industry overall.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

   The traditional direct selling industry (also known as multi-level marketing) has been around at least since the 1940's, with well-known brands such as Avon, Tupperware and Mary Kay.     See the article for more information.     See the article for more information.  

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JULY 19, 2021

   But you should be interested because the economic and labor data collected by government agencies no longer provide the information we need to properly understand and manage the U.S.    Federal Statistical Needs for a National Advanced Industry and Technology Strategy is a report from the D.C.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

According to Coworking Resources , a site that provides information for coworking space owners, 189 coworking spaces are opening around the world this month.   It also highlights the strong growth of the coworking industry. .   It also highlights the strong growth of the coworking industry.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The global design and architecture firm HOK recently released a new report looking at the coworking industry from the corporate real estate perspective.  " The report covers a lot of ground and we found all the chapters interesting.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

.  They point out in their blog post announcing the service that temp workers currently struggle with rigid scheduling and a lack of information on what jobs are available and how much they pay. Staffing firms benefit from more placements and better information flow. They claim Uber Works will fix these problems. 

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JANUARY 7, 2019

  Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Barlow Research is a research firm that provides in-depth information on business customers to the banking industry.  They are an excellent information and insights on the small business sector of the economy. Small business owners tend to find business ownership fulfilling and want to continue.

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MARCH 18, 2019

" They say this is important because if you do the analysis based only on in-house data, you're likely going to miss important information that can be learned from other, similar projects. Instead, we use diffusion of innovation models that incorporate growth rate data from similar industries or products that are more mature. 

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APRIL 24, 2017

  The Quartz article An Uber model for manufacturing is ready to upend the industry  covers the distributed manufacturing company MakeTime. Xometry (tagline: Manufacturing on Demand) has an online platform connecting small to medium sized manufacturers with customers in a wide range of industries.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Industries where cost pressures are mounting, such as healthcare and retail, have the most to gain from leveraging sharing economy models. High-value add industries where margins are fairly healthy may still be surprised by the sharing economy in 2017.    This very much fits with what we are seeing.

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JULY 6, 2017

Key quote from their press release on their recently released sharing economy study: “The sharing economy is experiencing an extraordinary level of growth, transforming the fundamental way industries operate and people experience a variety of things,” said Mark Barnett, President, Mastercard UK & Ireland. industry is healthcare.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

CB Insights , a great source of information on VC activity and startups, has an excellent article covering the growing number of food startups.    The trends driving VC and startup interest in the food industry are pretty straight forward - the food industry is enormous and more people are taking more interest in healthy eating.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

.  There are now coworking conferences all over the world and the industry has grown to thousands of spaces.   We've been following coworking since 2007 and one of the most interesting aspects of this industry is how consistently people all over the world describe coworking and its benefits.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The fastest growing sectors employing these privileged workers include finance, banking, management consulting, advertising and information technology. By "privileged" they mean self-employed workers who are relatively highly skilled and well paid.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Multibillion-dollar investments in robotics, 3-D printing, delivery drones, logistics technology, autonomous vehicles and low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites are giving rise to new products and services that sharply erode the cost of moving people, goods and information. As these technologies combine and converge, change will accelerate.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

.   The forecast update was done by conducting several "think tanks" with practicing accountants, industry analysts and accounting related media members.   The report covers shifts in demographics, technology, accounting industry structure, economics and practice management, but two key findings jumped out at me: 1.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) - a leading, global analyst firm focused on the use of contingent workers by businesses - recently released a report on the human cloud. SIA estimates the total revenue for the Human Cloud industry in 2014 to be between $8.9 - $11.1 It's only available to their members.

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JUNE 11, 2013

.    Making this even cooler, aquaponics farms are starting to sprout up in old warehouses and industrial buildings in the upper midwest. It also potentially takes advantage of the large number of empty industrial buildings and warehouses that exist in many major American cities.

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MAY 4, 2015

And it's good times for this industry. The international information in this report - the article includes data and charts on regions and cities from around the world - is quite fascinating and illustrates the global phenomena coworking has become.

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MARCH 19, 2013

  Reflecting the strong growth of the coworking industry , there were well over 300 attendees this year - more than triple the number attending two years ago. The office business center industry was also well represented this year.   The GWA is a trade association focused on the  workspace-as-a-service industry.

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MAY 16, 2013

.     The working sector consists consists of manufacturing, construction, retail and related industries. The creative sector consists of professional, managerial and educational services; finance and insurance; information services and related industries. But this data, which comes from the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

But most of the coverage focuses on the industry and relatively little has been written for people who want to start personally benefiting from sharing.   The book also makes a strong case why we should share more - think sustainability and money savings - and provides the information needed to get started in the sharing economy.

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MARCH 25, 2014

.  A Geyser of Information:  focuses on the rise of big data. While well known in the museum industry, the Center for the Future of Museums isn't well known in other industries.   trends' While well known in the museum industry, the Center for the Future of Museums isn't well known in other industries.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

.   The use of cloud-based accounting systems such as Quickbooks Online is fundamentally changing how accounting firms interact with their clients - and fundamentally changing industry business models. Because of this, we suggest firms in all industries think about how cloud technologies are or may impact their business models.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

.  These include cheaper yet more powerful computer chips and the growing use of analytical software to turn data streams into actionable information.   Another driver is the success industry has had attaching computing devices to machines and packages. . One of my favorite industrial examples is SenseAware from FedEx.

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MAY 14, 2013

The cleantech industry has fallen on some hard times. So what is the Cleantech industry doing?  The Cleanweb marries information and Internet technologies - think the social web, big data, mobile, apps and sensors - with clean/environmental initiatives.    While good news for the U.S. Pivoting , of course.

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JUNE 18, 2014

  On the buyers side,The Staffing Industry Analysts article Online staffing is the new frontier: CW managers’ interest rises sharply says: A survey of contingent workforce buyers found a sudden jump in plans to use online staffing. . Contingent Workforce Freelance Independent workers'

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AUGUST 7, 2013

Even back then, it was already an important technology for industrial design and prototyping. Key quote: Some argue that the technology will revolutionize manufacturing, empowering entrepreneurs in fields from the automotive to medical industries. We agree, at least for the next decade or so.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The GWA is a trade association for members of the workspace-as-a-service industry. Their members are folks from business centers, coworking facilities, executive suites, mobile workforce service providers and other vendors who serve this industry. The conference sessions were excellent and very informative.

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APRIL 14, 2015

Some spaces, like the creative industry focused  Neuehouse,  even stress their role of providing spaces that blend social and work activities. His slideshare presentation How We Measure Success of Our Coworking Space contains much information supporting this point of view. 

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JUNE 28, 2013

Job Growth and Education Requirements is a comprehensive new report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce that projects job growth by industry and occupation to 2020.   The other in demand skills tend to be related to information processing such as critical thinking, complex problem solving and decision making.

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