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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

Organizations in every industry and geography are increasingly indebted to external talent, whom we term agile talent , to augment their resources in strategic areas. The benefits are substantial: Agile talent provides organizations with greater flexibility, speed, and competitive insight. Some are excellent. Some are excellent.

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

The small size of unicorns allows the top management teams to be directly and deeply involved in most of the strategic decisions, which are then implemented through a flat organization. This is makes it easier to take decisions and put them into practice very swiftly.