This week on the Friday 15, Andy & Brian talk about the changing structure of the workforce and how gig roles will become increasingly prominent in B2B eCommerce, and how people will change their approach to working and build careers where they’re doing multiple jobs on a gig basis.
Then they share how they’re embracing this change in their own careers.
Topics the podcast covers:
– BigCommerce rebrand to AI-driven “Now Commerce” strategy
– Agentic commerce and the role of AI agents in digital transactions
– Impacts of AI on workforce structure across all job levels
-Gig economy’s emergence in B2B digital and e-commerce
– Changing perceptions of employment models: full-time vs. fractional vs. freelance
– Rise of multi-hyphenate professionals and AI-powered micro-entrepreneurship
– Corporate embrace of workforce reduction and AI substitution
– The concept of “Super Agency” and project-based work models
– Role of networking and trust in the evolving gig-based labor economy