Head in the Clouds?Beyond Employment in the Creative Services Industry

摘要

We all recognize the speed of change going on around us. Things seem to be converging more and more as our personal and work lives become ever entwined. Today, we think nothing of watching a fun viral video on YouTube at 10 a.m. or answering business e-mails at 10 p.m. This is the picture for some of us who work in service industries. For many people, "traditional" employment is fast becoming a thing of the past. The cloud and the digital tools we have come to take for granted offer us more independence than we ever could have imagined. As more of us become self-employed, in fact, we are discovering that we can take control of our own lives and futures, which is exciting.