The Inside Gig
How Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capability
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The Inside Gig explores how organizations can tap into underused internal talent by creating structures and mindsets that enable people to work across teams and projects.
Drawing on practical examples and organizational design principles, the book provides frameworks for matching skills to opportunities, fostering mobility, and increasing agility without relying on external hires.
It argues that internal talent mobility improves capability, retention, and innovation by leveraging employees' existing knowledge and relationships.
The book outlines steps leaders can take to create policies, incentives, and cultures that encourage internal sharing of skills and assignments.
Ultimately, it presents internal mobility as a strategic lever for building organizational resilience and performance.
Drawing on practical examples and organizational design principles, the book provides frameworks for matching skills to opportunities, fostering mobility, and increasing agility without relying on external hires.
It argues that internal talent mobility improves capability, retention, and innovation by leveraging employees' existing knowledge and relationships.
The book outlines steps leaders can take to create policies, incentives, and cultures that encourage internal sharing of skills and assignments.
Ultimately, it presents internal mobility as a strategic lever for building organizational resilience and performance.
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Mentioned by Edie as a prior book she authored related to sharing talent across organizational boundaries.
“Why Performance Management Is Broken” with Edie Goldberg & Alan Colquitt, co-authors of “Performance Enablement: A New Model for Driving Organizational Performance.”
