Summary. Success in today’s fast-changing world requires organizations to be in a permanent state of flexibility, able to react quickly when necessary. This requires a culture of constant learning. Gig mindsetters — bold new breed of full-time, salaried employees who think...
The pandemic has shown that companies need to be proactively resilient — to use the crisis as a learning experience and an opportunity to transform into something new and stronger. Flexible companies can assemble teams quickly, draw on collective knowledge and find expertise inside and outside of the organization, communicate strategic messages to the workforce, and collect information from employees in the field in real time. To build those capabilities, constant learning needs to be part of the company’s culture.
Large-scale change or learning programs aren’t the answer. While they’re well intentioned, they’re generally structured from the top down, and the majority of them fail because they don’t enable people to take individual initiative.
Instead, companies should enable employees to become “gig mindsetters”: what I call a bold new breed of full-time, salaried employees who think and act like freelancers. Gig mindsetters are constant learners — they self-manage, take spontaneous initiative, focus on skills more than roles, feel free to shortcut processes, and don’t hesitate to question the status quo. They share what they learn with others, take ownership of their own personal growth, and feel...
An Indian-origin man in the US has been charged with allegedly submitting $66.2 million in bogus claims for COVID-19 tests that were never conducted, US Department of Justice said.Rajesh “Raj” Pat...