275 - John Winsor on the Open Talent Economy

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Today we’re talking with John Winsor on the open talent economy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">John Winsor built a big publishing business around sports and fitness. He saw the business changing and started crowdsourcing articles from athletes. That got him interested in open talent <span style= "color: #14171a;">—</span> otherwise known as ‘work outside of full-time employment,’ which includes the freelance and the gig economy. Three years ago, John joined the faculty at Harvard Business School as a visiting executive and founded Open Assembly, an organization that hosts conversations about the future of work.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In this conversation with Tom, John describes the shift to open talent. Corporations are interested in this shift because of the potential to get work done faster, better, and cheaper. Individuals like the flexibility and variety. Tom and John also talk about the new social contract that would be needed to support open talent markets.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode with John Winsor.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:05] Tom welcomes John to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:11] John shares how and why he went to Colorado College.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[2:28] Is Colorado College still a ‘big block’ school? How did the way that the college was organized aid John in his learning?</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[3:44] John reflects on receiving his MBA in Marketing at the University of Denver. Tom and John also discuss how both CC and UoD have evolved over time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[7:07] How John got into the publishing business.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cam