At MBO, we're following the evolution of new ways to work closely and formally track the growth of the independent workforce. Our third annual State of Independence in America report is out next month, and it's going to show further growth and development of the infrastructure supporting the new work economy. Not just for practical, but also personal reasons, workers appear to prefer a more independent, personal-skills driven work life. They take new web-enabled tools with them to ensure they are successful and look for services that support their new work life as a business of one shopping skills on the open market. In our opinion, the #futureofwork is already here. You may enjoy looking at these five workforce predictions we made in 2012: http://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/five-predictions.html Thanks for an interesting point of view!