First… the organization in the digital age 2006 – 2017
Scope of the Research
See the survey demographics from different perspectives. Global coverage, many industries.
The Publication of the 10th Annual Report
You can read more about the 10th and final annual report on the website The Organization in the Digital Age.
Why a Decade of Research and What People Say
The overriding purpose of my 10-year long research has been to provide annual checkpoints for people involved in digital transformation of organizations. Read more, and see testimonials about the reports.
The Foundational Framework
The Foundational Framework, defined in 2013, has three purposes:
- Enable management and practitioners to understand how people and organizational characteristics are critical, even important than technology, as we move deeper into the digital age.
- Facilitate self-assessment of digital maturity from the internal perspective by underlining the fact that digital inside impacts digital outside. A digitally-savvy workforce is a pre-requisite for success in the business world today.
- Provide a framework and food for thought when people are defining priorities and action areas within their organization.
Then… 4 years of research leading to the Gig Mindset in two waves: 2018 and 2021
The term “gig mindset” refers to the attitudes and behaviors of people who, even though they are salaried employees in an organization, approach their work as if they were independent freelancers. Their attitudes and behaviors contrast with those of salaried people who work with what we might call the “traditional mindset”, with an approach to work influenced by defined roles, hierarchy and established procedures.
Read the Emergence of the Gig Mindset – The Long Story
For the last few years I have seen many people, salaried, inside organizations, showing signs of behavior much like freelancers.
Read the link above —The Long Story —to see how the gig mindset emerged from two factors. Less than 20% of management was “open and participatory”, while in contrast individual capabilities and independence were growing rapidly at the same time. The numbers are telling.
Research Wave 1 in 2018-2019 followed by Wave 2 in 2021 after lockdown
Did the pandemic lock down time impact the gig mindset, or vice versa, how did the gig mindset impact work cultures and organizations, 3 years after the initial research in 2018-2019?
Read my observations after analyzing the data from the 2018/19 survey and the 2021 survey.
Other Sources to Check Out
My book, The Gig Mindset Advantage, published in 2021, was the fruit of my research into te organizations in the digital age.
Check out my article in the Harvard Business Review in January of 2022: How Workers with a “Gig Mindset” Can Help Your Company Thrive
You will also enjoy Aidan McCullen’s interview on the well-known Innovation Show where we go through the book chapter by chapter.
