June 4, 2020  

Forbes.com – The New ‘Interim Economy:’ How Employment Has Dramatically Shifted

In a never-in-our-lifetime milestone, the number of Americans who have filed for unemployment surpassed the 40 million mark with 1 in 4 workers now becoming jobless over the last two months. And Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci has recently shared that a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. could happen.

In our post-crisis world, many things will never be the same—including jobs and how we work. In fact, career experts predict that for many American workers it will be a dawning of a whole new employment marketplace.

To learn more about this shift in our workplaces and the new manner in which millions of people will work, I was excited to catch up with Joe Mullings about his thoughts on what he calls the “Interim Economy.”

Full article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2020/06/04/the-new-interim-economy-how-employment-has-dramatically-shifted/#14e80ff9317a

June 4, 2020  

mixmag.asia – THE FLUFFY CLOUD REFORMS AUDIENCE INTERACTION TO THE LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE

The Fluffy Cloud —‚We love the name, the concept and the story of inception behind the world’s first 360° immersive and interconnected installation that encompasses sound, light and art.

People have been so accustomed to a certain and overly formal order of enjoyment and immersing in entertainment that we’ve forgotten that there should be a sense of community and interaction amongst the audience, and not just a connection the artist. This is the foundation of The Fluffy Cloud — an attempt at breaking the norm on audience formation and interaction. The founder of the creation is Jorge Perdomo, an avid electronic music lover and frequent-festival-traveler — his primary vision is to bring back the “magic of the interconnected circular community-space has been lost.”

Full article here: https://mixmag.asia/read/the-fluffy-cloud-reforms-audience-interaction-tech

 

June 1, 2020  

businessinsider.com – A CEO who recruits for Google and Siemens sees a shift to white-collar gig work as employers need talent but lack the resources to bring everyone back full time

White-collar work may become gig work following the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid the global coronavirus outbreak, an astronomical 40 million-plus Americans filed for jobless claims over 10 weeks. And many jobs in transportation and hospitality might never come back, economists say.

Layoffs have also hit white-collar workers in tech, as Airbnb, IBM, and Tesla announced they would cut jobs and reduce pay. Many of these specialized, well-paid tech workers may have worked at their companies for years without ever considering that their jobs were in jeopardy, Joe Mullings, the CEO of an executive-recruitment firm, said.

Full article here: https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-mullings-gig-work-will-replace-full-time-after-coronavirus-2020-6

June 1, 2020  

inbusinessphx.com – No Ageism in Entrepreneurialism

As the fog of this war on the U.S. economy begins to clear, it looks as if one class of employees will be among the hardest hit by the pandemic — professionals and executives 50 years and older. And if that sounds familiar, it should. The Great Recession 12 years ago had a similar impact. This time, however, these typically highly trained employees who are at the top of their career game should embrace their new “interim” status.

There’s no question that the times we live in are unprecedented for everyone actively pursuing a career. Those of us 50-plus have to reach back to our parents’ generation when they were teens, just on the cusp of entering the workforce in the Great Depression, to witness this kind of unemployment.

As I write this in April, the latest figures have just been released with the total of the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits just shy of 29 million. By May, we’ll be well past the 30 million mark and counting. The number of jobs lost between March 15 and April 18 of this year wiped out all the jobs after the 2008 Great Recession — 12 years’ worth of job gain gone in a month. (That didn’t happen even during the Great Depression.)

Here’s another way to frame it: Less than half of working-age Americans will be earning a wage next month. These are uncharted waters we’re navigating. However, it’s clear now that the future lies with those who will adapt and even take advantage of the fact that their old jobs won’t be coming back.

Full article here: https://inbusinessphx.com/in-business/no-ageism-in-entrepreneurialism#.X48gy0JKjUK

June 1, 2020  

edm.com – Introducing The Fluffy Cloud, The UFO-Like 360° Immersive Stage That Is Reinventing Live Performances

“Doing the same thing over and over is boring,” says Jorge Perdomo, creator of The Fluffy Cloud.

No, The Fluffy Cloud isn’t the name of a fancy new weather app or a pillow you saw on Shark Tank. It is a futuristic art installation that doubles as a formidable concert stage, towering 30-feet high and flaunting a 60,000-watt circular sound system and a dazzling centrifuge of 33,000 polychromatic LEDs. The Fluffy Cloud is a structure like no other, and that’s the point—its goal, Perdomo says, is to disrupt the live entertainment industry by creating something that blurs the lines of art and music to offer a truly immersive experience.

Full article here: https://edm.com/features/the-fluffy-cloud

May 31, 2020  

fohonline.com – Enter “The Fluffy Cloud”

BROOKLYN, NY — An exercise in art and extreme engineering, The Fluffy Cloud was designed to foster a more interconnected space via the creation of the world’s first and only fully 360° sound and light experiences. From full-fledged festival-grade concerts, to small-scale family-friendly light and soundscapes, the goal is to create special connected experiences people will never forget.

Full article here: https://fohonline.com/newsroom/news/enter-the-fluffy-cloud/