The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List: November 2018

Welcome to the November 2018 edition of Spend Matters’ monthly feature, “The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List,” available to PLUS and PRO subscribers. For those new to the Hot List, each edition covers the prior month’s important and sometimes just plain interesting technology and innovation developments within the CW/S space, where the pace of change may be picking up or at least becoming more pervasive.

The October Hot List covered a broad range of developments in September, ranging from Coupa’s acquisition of DCR Workforce to Upwork’s announcement that it would be going public; from Kelly Services’ investment in Business Talent Group to banking/payment innovation that just make freelancers and moonlighters easier; and more. This past month — with the Upwork IPO completed and developments in Uber Works, the importance of platforms, SAP Fieldglass' Digital Network and payments methods — we’re really wondering how high the heat will rise.