The Gig Economy

INTRODUCTION

Take this job and shove it.

—JOHNNY PAYCHECK

Five years ago, I created and started teaching an MBA course on the Gig Economy, which was still an emerging trend. The course gained immediate traction and was named by Forbes as one of the “Top Ten Most Innovative Business School Classes” in the country. Now the Gig Economy is a common topic in the media and has become part of the election cycle debates, but few people really understand how to navigate it to build a thriving, satisfying, and successful work life. This book, like my class, fills that information gap.

If we think of the current world of work as a spectrum, anchored by the traditional corporate job and career ladder on one end, and unemployment on the other end, then the ...