Podcasts about Platform economy

We're excited to host Dr. Aditi Surie, a Senior Consultant at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) and a leading researcher on digital labour platforms, worker well-being, and livelihoods in India.At IIHS, Dr. Surie leads the academic and policy research portfolio on technology and society, focusing on how digital platforms shape work, employment, and economic opportunities, especially in the Global South. Since 2015, she has conducted extensive sectoral studies on gig and platform workers, analyzing their working conditions, risks, and experiences with platform design.Her research provides crucial insights into employment in India's fast-growing platform economy, covering workers across delivery, ride-hailing, home services, and other digital labour platforms.Beyond research, she is actively involved in policy discussions on labour rights, digital governance, and platform regulation, collaborating with academics, policymakers, and civil society organizations.Her co-edited book, Platformization and Informality (2023), brings together scholars to develop Global South-specific frameworks for understanding the quality and regulation of platform work.In this episode, Dr. Surie takes us deep into the Platform Economy, examining how companies like Urban Company, Swiggy, Blinkit, and BluSmart generate employment and what that means for workers' rights, job security, and economic inclusion.‘In Solidarity' is the SEWA Cooperative Federation Podcast, dedicated to unpacking critical themes around women's economic empowerment and the challenges facing women-run enterprises.Tune in!

Abstract: The article challenges the common assumption that platform markets will inevitably consolidate around a single dominant player in a "winner-takes-all" dynamic. It argues that network effects, while providing advantages to early leaders, do not predetermine long-term market structure. Rather, differences in strategy, business models, and community relationships allow multiple platforms to coexist by catering to specific user groups. The article presents examples from the ride-sharing and e-commerce industries showing how platform leaders have prospered by embracing a "positive-sum" philosophy - empowering diverse participants, fostering interoperability, and cultivating vibrant multi-sided communities. The authors conclude that a pluralistic, community-centric mindset positions platform leaders to become prosperous nodes within continually expanding and valuable technological networks, rather than pursuing market dominance alone.

Atieh Yekta is a lecturer at the University of British Columbia and a researcher in job quality and occupational health in the platform economy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noluthando Mthonti-Mlambo speaks to Shamiela Letsoalo, Director of Corporate Affairs and Communication at NaspersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's easy to get lost in an internet rabbit hole when trying to learn about the "platform economy" and what it means for your taxes. Whether you're a rideshare driver, a video game streamer, or a social media influencer, this episode has something for you! Originally recorded in 2023.

In questo episodio racconto quale sarà uno dei miei focus principali da qui in avanti: il mondo delle piattaforme digitali e di ciò che vi gravita attorno.In particolare metto in luce alcune delle relazioni tra Digital Platforms, Platform Engineering, Platform Companies e Platform Economy.

In dieser Folge von "Aktien mit Potenzial"  sprechen wir zusammen mit dem Fonds-Manager Marko Graßmann über Baltic Classifieds, einem Plattform-Unternehmen aus Litauen. Vergleichbar ist das Unternehmen mit dem deutschen Plattform-Riesen Scout24 und operiert in den baltischen Ländern, also neben Litauen auch in Lettland und Estland. In der Vergangenheit konnte das Unternehmen aus Vilnius hohe Wachstumsraten und extrem hohe Margen vorweisen - ganz zur Freude der Aktionäre.  Doch wie könnte sich das dynamische Unternehmen weiterentwickeln? Und wie setzt Baltic Classifieds seine Gewinne für seine Aktionäre - und die, die es noch werden wollen - ein? Erfahren Sie dies und weitere spannende Insights in dieser Folge von "Aktien mit Potenzial".  Wir wünschen Ihnen viel Spaß beim Zuhören und freuen uns sehr über Ihr Feedback!

GovTech 2023, a two-day summit kicked off on Tuesday. The annual event is a premier platform for public and private sector discussion and collaboration to engage and identify new and creative ways to mainstream ICT solutions for development. GovTech is designed to have the country's thought leaders come together under one umbrella event. The conference is driven by the theme: Platform Economy for Digital Transformation and Inclusive Growth. It's being held at the Durban International Convention Center. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC News Reporter Mpumelelo Maphalala. 

On this HFS Videocast, author Ashish Chaturvedi - Practice Leader at HFS talks about the HFS Horizons Report - Services for the Platform Economy, 2023 which was released recently. This report assesses how well service providers are helping their platform clients efficiently run their operations, expand their business, and realize value. This report also evaluated the capabilities of seven providers across the HFS value chain—services for the platform economy, based on a range of dimensions to understand the Why, What, How, and So What of their service offerings. You can read this HFS Horizons Report at https://www.hfsresearch.com/research/hfs-horizons-services-for-the-platform-economy-2023/

Sarrah Kassem (University of Tübingen - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KassemSarrah) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the global politics of the platform economy. Dr. Kassem chats with Kieran about what the platform economy is, how the politics of such an economy is global, the alienation experienced by Amazon workers globally, and the manner in which platform workers hold both power and agency on the global level. Dr. Kassem's book 'Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy' can be purchased from Bristol University Press. Alongside this, check out Sarrah's article for E-International Relations 'The Global Geographies of the Platform Economy'. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.

Un saggio scientifico che si occupa dei ruoli, e delle responsabilità, delle piattaforme nell'attuale società dell'informazione.

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How have platforms transforming the world of work? In Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organisation (Bristol UP, 2023), Sarrah Kassem, a Lecturer and Research Associate in the field of Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, uses a case study of Amazon to explore issues of alienation and resistance in contemporary working life. The book adapts and develops key Marxist inspired theories to chart the rise of the platforms, and Amazon's role within this set of both digital and physical industries. Examining warehouses, MTurk, and the broader gig economy, the book offers strategies for resistance and solidarity as well as detailed analysis. It will be essential reading across the social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in work and labour today. Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To kick off Season 5 of skeptechs, we're joined by Oguz Alyanak and Robbie Warin, who are participatory researchers from the Fairwork project, based at the Oxford Internet Institute. They tell Josh and Nayana about how ethnographic methods, podcasting, and visual materials can help to understand and amplify the interests and experiences of people working in the platform economy around the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skeptechs.substack.com

Speaker: Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (University Carlos III of Madrid) Held jointly with the Cambridge Private Law Centre. Biography: Professor Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell is Professor of Commercial Law, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. She works extensively in the area of AI, the digital economy and fintech, and is a member of EU Expert Groups on Liability for AI and other emerging technologies, on the Platform Economy and on Model Contract Terms for B2B Data Sharing and Cloud Computing. She is also an expert at UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL in Working Groups on Enforcement (Technology), Warehouse Receipts and Digital Economy (AI for international trade, Data transactions, Online Platforms) and has been the Spanish Delegate to UNCITRAL WG VI on Security Interests and WG IV on E-Commerce (Projects on AI in international data and Data transactions), and to UNIDROIT for the MAC protocol to the Cape Town Convention. She is an active member of the European Law Institute, and has been involved in many ELI projects: as the author of “Guiding Principles on ADM in Europe”, (2022), as co-reporter to the Project on Algorithmic Contracts, as a member of the project on Model Rules for Online Platforms and as assessor to the project on Smart Contracts and Blockchain. Her main other research interests focus on international business transactions and secured transactions and corporate finance. 3CL runs the 3CL Travers Smith Lunchtime Seminar Series, featuring leading academics from the Faculty, and high-profile practitioners. This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

Speaker: Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (University Carlos III of Madrid) Held jointly with the Cambridge Private Law Centre. Biography: Professor Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell is Professor of Commercial Law, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. She works extensively in the area of AI, the digital economy and fintech, and is a member of EU Expert Groups on Liability for AI and other emerging technologies, on the Platform Economy and on Model Contract Terms for B2B Data Sharing and Cloud Computing. She is also an expert at UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL in Working Groups on Enforcement (Technology), Warehouse Receipts and Digital Economy (AI for international trade, Data transactions, Online Platforms) and has been the Spanish Delegate to UNCITRAL WG VI on Security Interests and WG IV on E-Commerce (Projects on AI in international data and Data transactions), and to UNIDROIT for the MAC protocol to the Cape Town Convention. She is an active member of the European Law Institute, and has been involved in many ELI projects: as the author of “Guiding Principles on ADM in Europe”, (2022), as co-reporter to the Project on Algorithmic Contracts, as a member of the project on Model Rules for Online Platforms and as assessor to the project on Smart Contracts and Blockchain. Her main other research interests focus on international business transactions and secured transactions and corporate finance. 3CL runs the 3CL Travers Smith Lunchtime Seminar Series, featuring leading academics from the Faculty, and high-profile practitioners. This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

Platform Economies have often been touted to be the saviours of the new world of work. Offering flexibility, ease of payment and so much more. The reality however, is a bit different from that. Researcher. Dr Budu and digital driver, Elizabeth, join me to discuss these issues and more.

More on the proposed GST changes for the platform economy. Inland Revenue believes 70,000 incorrectly received a cost of living payment. The pros and cons of a tax-free threshold

The Internet was supposed to liberate us from powerful institutions. But the reality might be he who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself. In this episode of the Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro and Fabian Stephany invite Vili Lehdonvirta to present his latest book, Cloud Empires, where he explains how Silicon Valley technologists end up recreating digital forms of the very institutions that they were trying to render obsolete. They also discuss the labour market. This podcast was produced within the project “Future of Work and Inclusive Growth in Europe“, with the financial support of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

One characteristic of modern business ecosystems is that they scale efficiently. They don't add proportionally more cost as they grow and they allow the underlying platform to create value. But why isn't this incredibly powerful business model part of more transformation efforts? Haydn Shaughnessy, author of the book Shift - A Leader's Guide to the Platform Economy, explains how new market dynamics - ecosystems - should force us to find new ways to work.

A new tax bill causes a massive storm but what happens next? Also brief run-through of what other tax measures are in the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022-23, Platform Economy and Remedial Matters) Bill. (TL:DR - a lot!)

Questions to Ministers CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and actions? SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by the Government's economic and fiscal policy and all Cabinet decisions giving effect to that policy? TERISA NGOBI to the Minister of Housing: What action is the Government taking to rebuild public housing in New Zealand? DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and policies? JO LUXTON to the Minister of Education: What support has the Government contributed to help schools provide learning environments for their students that are warm, dry, and fit for purpose? ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Revenue: Is he committed to implementing the KiwiSaver provisions of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022-23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Bill; if so, why? RACHEL BOYACK to the Minister responsible for Pike River Re-entry: What recent announcement has he made about support for families and communities affected by future significant national disasters? Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Police: Is he concerned by the 518 percent increase in ram raids since the beginning of 2018; if so, why has he not met with a single business owner who has been a victim of a ram raid since he became Minister of Police? IBRAHIM OMER to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What recent announcements has she made about delivery of the $1.3 billion Government climate finance investments? TEANAU TUIONO to the Associate Minister of Education (School Operations): Does the Ministry of Education meet the full cost of learning support needs for tamariki in Aotearoa?

Online platforms play an increasingly important role in today's digital economy. One example of the growing relevance of the platform economy are online labour markets. These two-sided platform marketplaces allow buyers and sellers of online mediated work to connect around the globe and transact tasks in various occupations, such as graphic design, translation work, or software development. Platform labour markets deliver value to customers and provide economic opportunities for suppliers. These digital markets also generate substantial economic benefits for the platforms themselves and they introduce novel and often precarious forms of work and economic interaction. Two broad conversations were had in this episode: 1. How can marketable and sustainable skills be identified and tracked that allow online platform workers in local environments to participate and excel in the global online labour market? 2. How can online labour platforms be regulated and managed to improve worker protection and platform infrastructure to enable sustainable and decent work opportunities?

In this episode, Host Ali Mesbahian talks to Professor Valerio De Stefano from Osgoode Hall Law School about the intrusions of modern information technology on our work and personal lives. What is algorithmic management and how pervasive is it? What are some of the technologies that are used for surveillance in the workplace and how do we combat them? How do companies in the “platform economy” like Uber and Lyft escape employment and labour regulation? Concerns are fleshed out, myths are debunked and solutions are explored — stay tuned for this fascinating discussion!

In this episode of the Competition Authority's CompCast-Competition Talks, Martin Peitz, Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim and Director at the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation – MaCCI speaks on "Antitrust markets in the platform economy".

On this episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna does a speed chat with Angela Zhang, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Chinese Law at the University of Hong Kong. Zhang is also author of Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How The Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation. The pair canvass misperceptions between China and the West, whether we can distinguish between tech wars and trade wars anymore, the application of game theory to the Sino-US rivalry, as well as China's Anti-Monopoly Law and much more. This episode was produced by Jack Fox. Thanks to Ben Gowdie for his research and post-production support.   Relevant Links:  Agility Over Stability: China's Great Reversal in Regulating the Platform Economy - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3892642  Chinese Anti-Trust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56375131-chinese-antitrust-exceptionalism  Send us your questions: techpolicydesign@anu.edu.au  Follow us on Twitter: @TPDesignCentre  Follow Angela and her work: @AngelaZhangHK @CCLHKU 

Abstract from the paper we discuss with the author during the episode: Online platforms are pervasive and powerful in today's economy. We explore the increased centrality of platforms in two ways. First, we measure the extent to which platforms are insinuating themselves into the economy. We accomplish this by analyzing the presence of platforms as intermediating organizations across all US service industries at the six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code level. Our results show that 70% of service industries, representing over 5.2 million establishments, are potentially affected by one or more platforms. Second, we undertake a detailed firm-level case study of the mega-platform, Amazon, that demonstrates the ways that the aforementioned macro-level data is expressed by a single platform firm. This case study shows that Amazon's growth trajectory has resulted in it entering and transforming existing industries and sectors. We conclude by reflecting upon the limitations and implications for future research.

Luciá Hernández is my guest on Episode 156 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Luciá is an expert on platform-based business models. She has been around the collaborative economy for more than a decade, later Platform Economy, helping organizations of all kinds in the adoption of these mindsets. As an advisor and consultant, she brings the platform-ecosystem mentality to the company building the internal capabilities to think systemic to design platform strategies, in a real guidance and support relationship. She is an expert evaluator of the European Commission under the H2020 program, URBACT validated expert, the network of cities sharing and applying sustainable principles. A connector in OuiShare, an international Think and Do Tank dedicated to social impact regarding digital transformations, the evolution of cities and the future of organizations. Adjunct Professor at business schools such as ESADE and EADA and an international lecturer and keynote speaker. She has participated in the design of public policies with the European Commission, the IDB, CIPPEC, and some local governments. She is an expert on new emerging trends related to the platform economy, participating in international forums and communities, with a wide network of trusted international consultants. She is always researching and exploring the intersections between regenerative design and platform design in order to provide a framework for those who have a platform and want to understand how to become regenerative, ecosystem, and networked strategies to impact at scale, being part of international forums and communities, and connecting people, projects, and ideas. #PlatformDesign #EcosystemDesign #BusinessModels #RegenerativeDesign #TourismInnovation #RegenerativeTourism #SharingEconomy #PlatformEconony #platformmodels #regenerativemodels #regenerativeplatforms #regeneration #ecosystemplatforms #boundaryless https://youtu.be/zEa01rXBIpU https://luciahernandez.co/ https://twitter.com/luciahdez3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/luciahd/ https://www.ouishare.net/ https://luciahdez.medium.com/regenerative-platforms-design-principles-daf31508322a https://youtu.be/zEa01rXBIpU

In this episode, Jenny Huberman speaks with anthropologist, media scholar, and Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Mary L. Gray. They discuss Mary's highly acclaimed book, Ghost Work: How to prevent Silicon Valley from creating a Global Underclass, which she co-authored with Siddharth Suri. Their conversation explores the experiences of on-demand platform workers, as well as the way the platform economy is changing conceptions of work and employment more generally. In discussing how digital technologies are radically reconfiguring work for millions of people around the globe, Mary also challenges the idea that digital technologies will inevitably render human labor obsolete in the future. Humans, she reminds us, do certain kinds of work that cannot be attended to by A.I. or other automated processes, and thus, they are likely to remain “in the loop” for many years to come.

Martijn Arets, International Platform Expert and Founder of GigCV, joins Elle Tucker in the latest episode of the Platform Podcast and shares his fascinating journey into the world of the collaborative economy. He tells Elle how he has spent a decade traveling the world talking to entrepreneurs, experts and other stakeholders in this space - to find out the reality, the successes and the challenges, and explore the conditions under which platforms can contribute to a more inclusive society. He goes on to tell Elle about his latest venture, GigCV, a tool for anyone working in or gaining work experience in the gig economy.

Lucía is an expert in Platform Economy and New Emerging Trends. She has been working with organizations of all types in applying platform-ecosystems strategies. She has participated in research with global organizations and helped to design public policies related to short rental accommodation within the European Commission, IDB, and some local governments.    In the last two years, Lucía has been studying the intersections between regenerative design and platform design in order to help public and private organizations in adopting a regenerative platform-ecosystem mindset.   In this conversation, we delve into the roots of regenerative thinking and why the movement is gaining momentum. It was fascinating to learn from Lucía's expertise about what we can learn from nature, how regenerative thinking is a process – not a goal, redefining ‘abundance', and some new organizations that are emerging in the platform economy.     A full transcript of the episode can be found on our website:  https://boundaryless.io/podcast/lucia-hernandez/     Key highlights we discussed: > What is regenerative thinking and where does it come from? > Lucía's six key principles of regenerative design > The ultimate aim of the regenerative thinking movement > The role of place-based economies > The abundance versus scarcity mindset > Community wealth and investing     To find out more about Lucía's work:   > Twitter: https://twitter.com/luciahdez3    > Website: https://luciahernandez.co/  > Lucía Hernandez, Regenerative Platform Design Principles: https://luciahernandez.co/2021/12/15/regenerative-platform-design-principles/  > Lucía Hernandez, Regenerative Platform Business Models- The next generation of platforms: https://luciahernandez.co/2021/04/26/regenerative-platform-business-models/  > TEDx talk on regenerative tourism (in Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqoTXOr--U&ab_channel=TEDxTalks   Other references and mentions:   > Buckminster Fuller (1970). I Seem To Be A Verb.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/924075.I_Seem_To_Be_A_Verb  > Showing the way with Web3 Marketplaces: Braintrust — with Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski: https://boundaryless.io/podcast/braintrust/ > The Restorative 20s: Why and How the 2020s Can Be the Decade of Regenerative Business, Podcast episode with Danielle Peltier Andrews, Director of Sustainability at General Mills: https://sustainablebrands.com/events/view/the-restorative-20s-why-and-how-the-2020s-can-be-the-decade-of-regenerative-business  > Narrative decentralization and the future of progress — with Jason Crawford: https://boundaryless.io/podcast/jason-crawford/  > Organizing in Nested Systems: Re-regionalisation, Landscape and Global Solidarity — with Daniel Wahl: https://boundaryless.io/podcast/daniel-wahl/ > Marjorie Kelly: https://marjoriekelly.org/  > Trans-contextual Organizing: Shifting Perceptions — with Nora Bateson: https://boundaryless.io/podcast/nora-bateson/  Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at https://boundaryless.io/resources/podcast/   Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: https://boundaryless.io/podcast-music   Recorded on 10 February 2022.

A ranging conversation with two scholars - Heather Berg (Porn Work: Sex, Labor, & Late Capitalism) and Michelle Chihara ("Radical Flexibility: Driving for Lyft & The Future of Work in The Platform Economy") - about platform capitalism from the perspective of gigworkers. For more about this episode, including a bibliography, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/Gigwork

I am delighted to kick off Season 3 of the Learn to Grow Podcast with https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddhmoran/ (Todd Moran), Chief Learning Strategist at https://www.novoed.com/ (NovoEd). Todd is one of the industry's great thinkers, a learning professional deeply attuned to what's happening right now in the world of workplace learning and development. The conversation is filled with insights and practical tools, and includes an invitation to learn with NovoEd. In our conversation, we discuss: The role of platforms as work hubs How learning and culture are intertwined in a healthy workplace What a truly collaborative experience looks like The importance of growth mindset, resilience, and adaptability The needs behind the great resignation Putting purpose at the center of everything The upcoming (free) Learning Experience Design course starting in January 17 at NovoEd (https://www.novoed.com/resources/learning-experience-design-course/ (https://www.novoed.com/resources/learning-experience-design-course/)) To get in touch with me, https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbehan/ (Simon Behan, reach out on LinkedIn) or email me at simon.behan@sureskills.com At SureSkills, we deliver learning services to the worlds leading technology companies and global organizations. To learn more, head over to https://www.sureskills.com/What-we-do/Learning-Services (www.SureSkills.com) or download this eBook: https://info.sureskills.com/foundations-ebook (Foundations of a Successful Learning Experience).  Thanks for listening!

The ubiquitous foot-soldiers of India's thriving internet economy are discontented. We're talking about your Ola/ Uber cab drivers and Swiggy/ Zomato delivery partners.  Some of them are now tasked with delivering your bread and milk in just 10 minutes! But as a recent report by the Fairwork Foundation, in collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute has found the earnings of these app-based platform workers or gig workers in India have declined over the last two years. That's owing to the withering of incentives offered by companies and a reduction in take-home earnings due to a surge in out-of-pocket expenses. The Fairwork India Ratings 2021: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy, now in its third year of publication, serves as an indictment of the work conditions for this growing class of unorganised workers. This year, the report ranks 11 Indian startups which engage contract gig workers. It scores them out of 10, based on their performance against five principles, namely: Fair Pay, Fair Conditions, Fair Contracts, Fair Management and Fair Representation.  Notably, Ola's score has come down from 2/10 in 2020 to zero in 2021. This is, at a time, when it has become notoriously difficult to get a cab driver to accept your ride request on Ola platform. Uber has also slipped from one to zero. And Urban Company, which topped the list in 2020 with a stellar score of 8/10, has slipped three-points to five. We reached out to Ola, Uber and Urban Company to understand the reasons behind the fall in their scores, but didn't receive any responses. So, we asked the lead investigator for Fairwork in India, Professor Balaji Parthasarathy.  The decline in Urban Company's score has coincided with ongoing protests by its beauticians.  The first protest was in October last year, as beauticians complained against Urban Company's commissions of up to 30%-35% per job. Urban Company responded with some concessions, one of them being reducing its highest commission for beauty service professionals to 25% from 30%.  However, last month, Urban Company's beauticians again held a protest outside the company's Gurugram office. Their complain was about new work policies, which would have beauticians pay a subscription fee upfront to get ‘gigs' through Urban Company's portal. Beauticians would also have to take a minimum number of jobs each month, thus reducing their gig work flexibility.  This time, Urban Company responded to the protest by suing the protesting beauticians. This remains the first such instance of an Indian gig company suing its own workers.  At the heart of the growing discontent with gig work is the fact that this new model of work hasn't lived up to its core promises. Startups in the ride-hailing and food delivery sectors attracted their first bunch of gig workers with the promises of good pay and work flexibility. By paying these workers per task or ‘gig', companies did away with the burden of having to provide them with social security and other standard employee benefits.   However, wages have reduced over time, and gig work has become a permanent gig for Ola/Uber cab drivers and Swiggy/ Zomato delivery partners. Several testimonies in the Fairwork reports over the last three years highlight how most workers have to work 12-16 hours to make ends meet. And yet, they enjoy little in terms of social security that any employee would get.  A PIL in the Supreme Court by the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) seeks the classification of gig and platform workers as ‘unorganised workers' under the Unorganised Workers Act, 2008. This would entitle them to benefits such as provident fund, health and maternity benefits and old age protection.  This, even as the Centre has come up with the Code on Social Security which recognises gig and platform workers.  A counter-view to the criticism of gig work conditions in the Indian platform economy, is t

Rich Wilson, Founder and CEO of Gigged.AI, joins the podcast to chat about his AI-enabled freelance sourcing company and the rise of the platform economy.

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Good morning and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, where we discuss everything to do with the movement of people. Today, we've got Glen Hodgson from Free Trade Europa on the show to talk about a trend that has certainly defined my life, but also the lives of many others, and the global economy. I'm talking about the platform economy and how it affects migrants. So a bit about today's guest, Glen. Glen has over 20 years' experience in communications, public affairs and lobbying. He is the founder of the think tank Free Trade Europa, which focuses on promoting free trade, liberalisation and the rule of law within the EU and internationally. Glen was previously responsible for the Nordics, Baltics and Central & Eastern Europe at an international communications agency. Prior to this, he worked for the EU institutions as well as governments, blue-chip international companies, startups and NGOs as a lobbyist, strategist and communications advisor. Glen was also the Secretary General of a European trade association for five years. On today's show, we're talking all about how migrants interact with the platform and gig economies. You'll hear Glen explain these terms far better than I can, but broadly speaking, we're talking about freelance work that is done through online platforms, like Upwork, Fiverr, Uber, Deliveroo, and the many other apps that are emerging. We talk about the findings of Glen's two recent research studies commissioned by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), focusing on the phenomenon across Europe and several Silk Routes countries, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, as well as Glen and Free Trade Europa's ongoing work on the platform economy. In particular, we learn about migrants' participation in the platform economy and the challenges and opportunities that it implies, along with the policy implications. I very much enjoyed this conversation, which is particularly meaningful to me given my experiences with independent working. Glen brings some much-needed nuance to the conversation by talking about how to address the very real issues of precarity that are normally associated with migrant participation in the gig economy, while also discussing ways to ensure that migrants are empowered to exploit the many opportunities of independent working. As always, thank you very much for tuning in and we hope you enjoy the show. And you can access the podcast archive and get in touch via our new website, homelandsadvisory.com/podcast. Useful links: Glen's latest study: A New Hope: The role of the Platform Economy in facilitating migrants into the Swedish labour market - https://freetradeeuropa.eu/platform-economy-study Glen's paper for the Prague Process: Migration and the Platform Economy - https://www.pragueprocess.eu/en/migration-observatory/publications/document?id=240 Glen's Budapest Process briefing paper on the gig economy - https://www.budapestprocess.org/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=412 Free Trade Europa - https://freetradeeuropa.eu/ Connect with Glen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glen-hodgson-36136516/ Twitter - @TradeEuropa

As the so-called fourth industrial revolution unfolds, gig work driven by technology companies in the platform economy, is being promoted as the solution for the unemployment crisis as it lowers the barriers to entry into the labor market. There are a number of companies that have proliferated in recent years offering gig work or what's come to be known as microwork via apps, where complexity is stripped away from projects, which are broken down into singular tasks that are distributed over the internet via platform companies. On the higher end of the skills spectrum people may engage in, for example, desktop publishing tasks via platform companies, such as Mechanical Turk or Clickworker, while on the lower end of the skills spectrum - and possibly most famous globally - people drive cars for the e-hailing taxi service, Uber. There are, of course, a whole range of jobs in between in the platform economy, but the distinguishing feature of this gig economy, emphasized in its name, is that is part time work, and people are paid per task, which means that there is no job security or social protections offered by the companies, such as health benefits, sick pay, annual leave and retirement benefits. Gig workers are also often paid below minimum wage. So, gig work has come to be associated with precarious work--and gig workers all over the world are taking these platform companies to court, as they find themselves exploited and experience rights violations. Our guests are two lawyers that have defended gig workers, Prof. Darcy du Toit from the University of the Western Cape (UWC). And bringing us the international perspective is German Lawyer Dr. Ruediger Helm.

On Stock Talk, Rob Black talks about the Gartner Hype Cycle, the 30th anniversary of Black Monday, the Platform Economy, robots, and Jim Kramer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Stock Talk with Rob Black" - Radio Show October 16 - KDOW 1220 AM (6a-9a) On Stock Talk, Rob Black talks about the Gartner Hype Cycle, the 30th anniversary of Black Monday, the Platform Economy, robots, and Jim Kramer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are watching the economy change before our eyes, and Zipcar Cofounder Robin Chase has been at the forefront of that change. She gives her observations on the platform economy, automation, self-driving cars, and how a basic income could be what smoothes the transition as we move to a different type of relationship between people and their work.