Welcome to another edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, hosted by Ardent Partners’ research director, Christopher J. Dwyer. Episode 113 recaps the “gig economy” listener mailbag and discusses the importance of intelligence to the future of work.

In this edition of Contingent Workforce Weekly, Christopher Dwyer answers listener questions about the gig economy.

This week’s Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast answers a question that many procurement professionals and executives are asking: how does the function fit into the “gig economy”? As the contingent and non-employee workforce industry continues to progress, procurement will ultimately play a critical role. Today’s episode discusses why the “gig economy” should be an accepted attribute of global business, how procurement’s impact in this industry has evolved over time, and the four ways procurement fits into the “gig economy.”