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Listen to an interview with Maria Thomas discuss the Internet of Things with Catalant (formerly HourlyNerd).

Maria Thomas is an Entrepreneur, CEO and public company board director who leads businesses at the intersection of commerce, media and technology. She currently serves as a board member, angel investor, and advisor to early stage companies, including participating in Catalant's Series B round of financing.

Previously, Maria held various leadership positions at SmartThings (CMO and Chief Consumer Officer), Etsy (CEO), NPR (SVP & GM, Digital Media), and Amazon (Dir. of Product, Consumer Electronics).

Readiness to navigate change has been critical for companies this year. Look around you and what do you see? Increasing competitive pressures, an ongoing war for top talent, expanding customer expectations, regulatory complexity and uncertainty and — perhaps most obvious of all — the ever-accelerating speed of technological change. How can you keep up?

Companies are increasingly faced with the challenge of finding and retaining the right knowledge talent to meet key business initiatives and project demands. Innovative companies are opting to venture outside of traditional staffing models to the on-demand economy, where experienced business experts are choosing to work independently.

In this webinar, Forrester VP, Principal Analyst and guest speaker Marc Cecere joins Catalant's VP of Strategic Partnerships Rich Gardner to discuss some of the key findings from the June 2017 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Catalant Technologies. In addition, Rich talks through a few case studies of companies that are using new sourcing methods to fill critical skills gaps.

Download and enjoy the on demand version of the webinar.http://pages.gocatalant.com/Webinar-Are-You-Using-the-Tools-of-the-Future-to-Find-the-Skills-of-the-Future.html

An Interview w/ Terri Gallagher by HourlyNerd

Diane Mulcahy talks about dis-aggregated traditional full-time hires in the flexible workforce.

Catalant had the opportunity to sit down with Diane Mulcahy, an Adjunct Lecturer, Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation and author of the book, The Gig Economy to discuss the flexible workforce and the future of work.