Rapid Response: Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown
Masters of Scale16 Jun 2022

Rapid Response: Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown

Most future of work conversations revolve around the “where,” but Upwork CEO Hayden Brown says it’s more important to focus on the “who.” 10% of the workforce at Upwork, the global tech platform for millions of freelance workers, was directly impacted by the Ukrainian war. Hayden’s people-focused approach to the difficult decision of how to manage remote employees in Russia is the same mindset she applies to meet the needs of all workers, from people feeling conflict to working mothers.

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