Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Instead of creating jobs, companies are increasingly disaggregating work from a job. Similarly, that former director of marketing job has now morphed into the work produced by a social media contractor, an outsourced PR agency, and a marketing strategy consultant.

Katz 8

Katz Disaggregation McKinsey Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Work is being disaggregated from jobs and reorganized into a variety of alternative arrangements, such as consulting projects, freelance assignments, and contract opportunities. All of that is changing. The people who struggle most in the gig economy are corporate workers whose skills are common, commoditized, or less in demand.

Disaggregation 8

Disaggregation Insurance Retail Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

A disaggregated laptop that is lighter and more versatile, since I can use the screen by itself as an e-reader and the keyboard with other devices. And as many companies begin outsourcing at least parts of their R&D, they are creating space for professional "inventers" operating through websites like Innocentive.

Storytelling 15

Storytelling Disaggregation Supply Chain Globalization 15