Adapting To The World Of Open Talent with John Winsor

If you’re an entrepreneur looking to create a remote team, how can you find high-end freelancers?

John Winsor is an expert on the concept of “open talent,” which he’s written a book about. He’s also started six companies and is cofounder of an organization that has the goal of revolutionizing the workplace for a billion people by 2025.

Key topics that Bill and John explore in this episode:

- John discusses his book, Open Talent, and experiences applying his theories on open talent in business.

- John’s story about using $10,000 of his own money to fund a pitch to Harley-Davidson.

- The challenges of implementing new ideas in the French advertising industry, including resistance from the French creative team, who felt threatened by an American upstart disrupting their industry.

- NASA's early use of open innovation.

- NASA's shift from an organization with 17,000 full-time employees to a networked organization with 110 million people to solve problems.

- The average salary for AI engineers is high, but there are many people getting paid well without being exceptionally skilled, creating a correction in the industry.

- Using freelancers and vendors for work, rather than traditional employees.

- The challenges of scaling open talent in a corporate environment, citing the difficulty of navigating a sea of supply and evaluating freelancer quality.

- The challenges of finding and selecting top talent in the tech industry.

- The need for transparency and post-mortem debriefs to improve the startup ecosystem.

Thanks to John Winsor for being on the show!

Visit John’s website: https://johnwinsor.com

Get John’s book: Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges: https://amzn.to/3Y8sdtk

Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johntwinsor/

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Chapters in this episode:

0:00 Open talent, freelancing, and talent shortages in the future.

3:57 Entrepreneurship, marketing, and crowdsourcing in the 80s and 90s.

7:51 Cultural clashes in the advertising industry.

14:08 Open innovation platforms.

19:50 Remote work, freelancing, and the future of employment.

31:03 The evolution of advertising.

34:55 Pricing in project management.