How a collaborative work and hiring process can alleviate employment pains — and bring about a truly personalized work experience
This past decade alone, the way we work and hire workers has transformed in countless ways.
Still, for many, it’s safe to say there’s room for improvement.
For one, if you’re a freelance worker, you often must face the unpredictability and weight of doing everything yourself.
For people working at traditional office jobs, there is frequently an environment of rigidity and a general lack of freedom.
For employers, it can be difficult to find dependable talent that works well together.
It’s a complex web of problems that nKipo’s founders have experienced from many angles.
We believe the Collaboration Economy might present a solution.
In applying its principles to our current work landscape, we think how people work and hire workers can fundamentally change for the better.
The Collaboration Economy
Put simply, the collaboration economy is made up of individuals that have formed collaborative teams to offer services. These teams then collaborate with organizations that are looking to complete work outside of their core skill sets.
It’s an environment that facilitates individuals coming together to take on larger, more complicated projects than ever before.
The Age of Personalized Work
For many workers, the freedom the gig economy offers is incomplete.
Not all graphic designers are skilled business managers, HR consultants, or tax professionals. However, as freelancers working for themselves, they often must be all these things at once.
Some people work well by themselves. Not everyone does, though, leaving them forced to do tasks they aren’t equipped for. For workers, it means more difficult work out of their comfort zone. For people hiring the workers, it can mean higher costs, longer waits, less efficiency, and a less dynamic working environment.
Truly personalized work doesn’t mean working by yourself.
Going a bit further, traditional work contracts are often signed without knowing some of the most important terms of the agreement: who you will be working with. Consulting firms piece together a crew of total strangers — both to the client and to each other. Employees sign to work for a company without knowing who their teammates will be.
Real personalized work can occur through The Collaboration Economy: here, you decide not only what, how, and when you work but who you work with.
We as a society are moving away from one-size-fits-all: we get highly personalized search results, music playlists, workouts, meal plans/diets, and even custom blended hair products. Now it's time to personalize our work. The benefits don’t just go one way.
The Talent & The Buyer
nKipo is made up of people who have spent decades combined working in freelancing and consulting. We have seen its benefits and its many downsides. We want to build something different — something that truly supports both workers and the people who hire them.
We want to give you the tools to do fulfilling work while eliminating the parts that are unnecessarily taxing.
nKipo aims to merge the positive aspects of working for a business with those of being a freelancer, all the while providing previously unattainable talent to businesses. To do that there must be a balance of flexibility and predictability. We enable this through what we call Liquid and Dedicated Teams.
The Talent
Liquid Teams: A team composed of people within the nKipo network. These teams can be proposed by The Buyer, or nKipo can suggest a team to work on. The Liquid Team works together to deliver a service for The Buyer. These teams are expected to dissolve after delivery of services. However, if a team works well together, they can decide to become a Dedicated Team. Liquid teams provide the flexibility traditionally found through freelance work.
Dedicated Teams: A team composed of people within The Talent’s personal network. Each member has agreed to join the team and is interested in marketing their services together. These teams can help to increase the predictability of your work.
The Buyer
The Buyer wields the power of the Collaboration Economy. They have access to proven teams capable of providing a greater return on investment when compared to traditional hiring and contracting. They are capable of adapting and specializing their workforce to ever-changing market and project needs. This way, you’ve got the talent you need when you need it. No more playing what we call “Social Jenga” — managing various personalities — to try and build compatible teams.
Hire proven and packaged teams without the overhead costs. Agile Employers know an adaptive workforce is key to successful projects and sustainable growth amid the rising tide of personalized work.
We believe nKipo advances the future of personalized work and equips you with the tools to thrive in it.
Come help us build the future of personalized work!