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Beyond the CV

Deciding who to hire is not easy. Especially now that people are beginning to realise that traditional skills and knowledge are not necessarily the most important criteria today. Times are uncertain and organizations need people who are comfortable in ambiguous, complex situations where the "right thing to do" is not…

Staying Ahead of the Curve

The shape of organizations in the future will depend in large part on how we as individuals take control, steer our own lives and interact and communicate with others in the workplace. People and organizations who want to stay ahead of the curve need to develop a …

Resistance and Insistence – Opposing Forces

The opposing forces of what I'm calling civil disobedience and willful blindness underlie the dilemma of the gig mindset inside the organization. They are the fundamental forces that will make or break the gig-mindset way of working and are the subject of an early chapter in…

The Emergence of the Gig Mindset - The Long Story

The term “gig mindset” refers to the attitudes and behaviors of people who, even though they are salaried employees in an organization, approach their work as if they were independent freelancers. Their attitudes and behaviors contrast with those of salaried people who work with what we might call the “traditional…

The Survey

“The survey from Jane McConnell on changing attitudes to work and the “gig mindset” is the best 15 mins you’ll spend on the Internet.”
“Thank you for this survey and letting me be aware of the gig mindset. New perspective to think about organizational culture.”

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The Gig Mindset Inside the Organization

Being Resilient

This article is about being resilient. It is not about resilience. A resilient person or organization can get through a crisis. But making it through once is not enough. It is highly likely there will be more and greater disruption in the short- and long-term. We…

Ten years later. What's leading, what's lagging?

Civil Disobedience Facing Strategic Blindness (1/2)

CONTEXT: Focus here on Civil Disobedience.

The opposing forces of what I'm calling civil disobedience and strategic blindness underlie the gig mindset inside the organization. They are the fundamental forces that will make or break the gig-mindset way of working inside companies…

Civil Disobedience Facing Strategic Blindness (2/2)

CONTEXT: Focus here on Strategic Blindness.

The opposing forces of what I'm calling civil disobedience and strategic blindness underlie the gig mindset inside the organization. They are the fundamental forces that will make or break the gig-mindset way of working inside companies and are the subject of an…

What is culture?

In my 18+ years of strategic advising, I've seen so many variations of how people interpret the word. My conclusion? The word culture means everything and nothing. It's a flexible word we can use as we wish. It is used by senior management and communicators to inspire people. HR specialists use…

The new era of the workplace web

My recent post on Linked In stirred up a lot of discussion about the future of the term digital workplace. If you go directly here, you can read it and see the conversation: join in!! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/…

Gig mindset traits are not high on the list of hiring criteria

I'm looking at how talent is found and brought into organizations. The chart shows that #gigmindsetter skills are not yet at the top of the list, especially the ability to challenge status quo. I was most disappointed…

Working out loud is natural for gig mindsetters

One of the important gig mindset behaviors I studied in the 2018 survey is the following: Behavior 3. "I am comfortable with opening up early, working out loud, and taking feedback from outside the project team into account as the project advances." This is not the traditional way of working! Even gig…

Historical perspective on the gig mindset

Data from 12 years of global surveys brings me new insights on a lot of topics!For example here: The Emergence of the Gig Mindset. It's crystal clear why it is happening!

The lost art of reading, the lost art of writing

I just finished my 3rd Briefing Note of 2019 which I entitled: The lost art of reading, the lost art of writing. Pessimistic? Yes, but that's the reality I see around. I included notes about Alan Rusbridger's new book: …

People, work cultures and leadership are out of synch

The point of this short article is to show data over past years that provide a context for understanding the emergence of the gig mindset: High people capabilities in stifling work cultures with rigid management practices have led to new behaviors for people who are self-motivated to make a difference…

Navigating the Gig and Traditional Mindset Polarity

My research has identified 8 behaviors that characterize traditional and gig mindsets. If you scan the list of traditional behaviors, the left column on the chart, you'll see that most organizations strongly enforce this way of doing things. Processes, roles and management…

How a Gig Mindset Inside Organizations Will Shape Our Future

(Originally published for the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum, with the theme management. the human dimension in 2018.) The shape of organizations in the future will depend in large part on how we as individuals take control, steer our own lives and interact and communicate with others in the…

Older Workers Lean Towards a Gig Mindset

One might expect younger people to be more gig-mindset oriented at work. That's not what the data show!

The survey data show that older workers are more likely to have a gig…

Global Scale for the Gig Mindset Research 2018

Figure 3 for “How a Gig Mindset Inside Organizations Will Shape Our Future”, published on LinkedIn and as part of a series of posts for the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum blog. The first phase of the…

Gig Mindset Advisory Board 2018

The Advisory Board brought extensive experience from different industries and countries on the gig mindset inside organizations.Here's a link to the pdf file where you can see the members LinkedIn profiles.

First Thoughts on the Gig Mindset Inside Organizations

These are the slides I used for my keynote at the Enterprise Digital Summit in London in June of this year. I have updated the behaviors table to correspond with the final version developed with the help of my Gig Mindset Advisory Board just before we launched the survey. &…

Does your role have a gig-mindset orientation?

How is the gig-mindset way of working part of different organizational functions? The data show interesting differences.

Refer here to see the 8 behaviors…

What do people say after doing the survey?

What are participants saying about the gig mindset survey questions?

"The survey from Jane McConnell on changing attitudes to work and the "gig mindset" is the best 15 mins you’ll spend on the Internet."
"Excellent survey. Worthwhile questions. I look forward to reading the

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