Just when you thought the gig economy evolving has slowed down, out comes ultrafast grocery deliveries. Grocery delivered in 10 to 20 minutes time. Just to be clear this is not your normal online ordered grocery delivery that has been available for years. This is new and a sub-set. We are not talking about Tesco, […]
We heard of dark kitchens in the gig economy, so what are dark stores? Like the dark kitchens they are another creation of the gig economy, which is still in a state of flux. Just that dark stores are a little different. This has a bit of conflict and controversy surrounding it. Along the lines
Women in the gig economy has not been adequately looked at. At least for me and I was curious. How do the dynamics operate in the new business paradigm? Maybe this is an opportune time to see if there is more to this than meets the eye. Are there unexpected outliers or is it no
I had to serve 14 days in quarantine in Sydney in November 2021 having arrived from an overseas flight. I had time on my hands and decided do a kitchen table experiment. So the Uber Eats vs Doordash Sydney challenge was on. Sydney is Australia’s biggest city and I was in the heart of it,
Following my post on Dark or Ghost Kitchens in May 2021, I thought a follow-up post covering Australia would be appropriate. There has been lots of recent movement in this space and they are interesting. Hence this post on Australia’s dark kitchens and alleyways. Why alleyways you ask.? Read on. So who are players by
Are gig economy executives a thing yet, is the question on the minds of some observers. My guess with trends indicating more of the workforce entering the gig economy things will change. The model of the salaried executives and managers of the current World may have to follow. So this is an exercise in forward
If ever there is a location that would make for an attractive remote working city, Adelaide has to be one. It has many of the key attributes to make it a first class remote working city. A city that can connect and engage the World without missing a beat. A remote working model Remote working
Dark or ghost kitchens are intentionally hidden. Hence the name and description. They terms are indeed accurate but not clandestine. There is a reason why and I will explain as I go along. It is however important to note that it is a significant evolving piece of the gig economy and the new World. Known
Waves and enablers of the Gig Economy are interesting elements and worth a closer look. They give us the insight on how the gig economy has evolved thus far. The gig economy is also a different beast from the normal economy. It did not create new economic activities but changed how such activities can be
On 12th June 2020, the Victorian Government released a Report on On-Demand Workforce. It was done to address growing concerns on the innovating gig economy and on-demand work. I though it was valuable initiative Valid concerns, one and most prominent of which is the rising lack of permanency in the workforce. In particular the on-demand work
