The gig economy is here to stay and it’s a no surprise that more and more people consider freelancing as an additional source of income or as a small business of their own. According to some stats, it is projected that in the U.S. alone, in 2027, there will be 86.5 million freelancers comprising 50.9 percent of the total workforce. The situation in India and other parts of the world is similar, although in some EU countries people still prefer full-time jobs.

Setting expectations for your employees is an essential responsibility that many business owners gloss over. Clear employee expectations benefit not only your staff, but your business as a whole.

In my experience as a business consultant, I find than most people still believe that technology drives business disruption. I'm more convinced that technology merely enables disruption, and changing customer interests and needs really causes it.

Competing is a human activity, not yet outsourced to Siri, so employees who are skilled at competing should, in principle, make a company competitive. We think most reasonable people see the truth in this statement. You’d think businesses would, too, and would, therefore, train and test its people for skill at competing. The military does it all the time: They have their commanders face opponents’ maneuvers in war games and field exercises. They brief and debrief missions and exercises. They learn from mistakes and they build on success to help them outsmart real-life opponents.