The Fuse has been Lit - Prepare for the project based workforce James Bridgland, Head of Product Development, Reed Talent Solutions

1. The fuse has been lit
The future of the workforce is flexible
May 2017

2. WHAT’S TODAY ALL ABOUT

3. WHAT’S TODAY ALL ABOUT
How are we currently
dealing with change?
1
What changes are
going to impact us?
2
What can we do to
embrace the changes?
3

4. WHO WE ARE

5. THE NEED TO MANAGE CHANGE
MORE EFFECTIVELY

6. HOW ARE INTERNAL PROJECTS COMING ALONG AT
THE MOMENT IN THE UK

7. ARE YOU A PROJECT MANAGER?

8. Imagine a world . . .

9. Within a decade, a large business will exist with only the
CEO working full time – everyone else will be pulled
from the human cloud of talent as and when required
(Deloitte 2017)

10. AND ALL THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE – THEY JUST
NEED PUTTING TOGETHER

11. HOW EXTERNAL FORCES ARE
DRIVING CHANGE IN OUR BUSINESS

12. SUPPLY

13. DEMAND
40 min
1 hr
5 min
26 min
44 min

14. THERE ARE SOME OTHER MAJOR BENEFITS TO
STATEMENT OF WORK

15. AND THAT’S WHY COMPANIES
ARE DOING IT ALREADY

16. ENABLEMENT
“The HR technology market is undergoing one of the most
disruptive years it has seen this decade. The HR technology
industry is on the precipice of a total reinvention.”
Josh Bersin (Principle founder of Bersin by Deloitte)

17. ENABLEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

18. In the US, one in three workers is freelance. It is
estimated that this could be as high as 50% by 2020
(Upwork 2017)
AND IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED
IN THE US
We need a catalyst

19. IR35
Designed to deal with
"disguised employees";
individuals the government
believe are taking
advantage of a corporate
structure when they should
have been taxed as any
other employee
Total Jobs

20. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HR &
RESOURCING

21. ORGANISATIONS WILL START BUYING SKILLS NOT
HIRING ROLES

22. RECRUITERS WILL NOT JUST SEARCH
BUT MANAGE

23. BUT DON’T OVER RELY ON AGENCIES TO SUPPORT
YOUR FLEXIBLE WORKFORCE

24. WHAT DO HR AND RESOURCING NEED TO DO TO
EMBRANCE THE CHANGE
Get the legals right
1
Move to become the
curator of skills
2
Engage all workers in
the organisation
4
Be more flexible
3

25. TURN ALL OF YOUR WORKFORCE IN TO A GIG
ECONOMY WITH PORTABLE SKILLS

26. Not well
SO TO ANSWER OUR INITIAL QUESTIONS
How are we currently
dealing with change?
1
What changes are
going to impact us?
2
What can we do to
embrace the changes?
3
Move to contingent
workforce
Procure skills
Become a curator of
skills
Create an internal gig
economy