Lisa Taylor is a sought-after expert, speaker, and columnist on today's changing world of work. As President of Challenge Factory and the Centre for Career Innovation, Lisa offers invaluable leadership and insights about how talent equity, demographics, the freelance economy, and new market dynamics present opportunities to gain strategic workforce and career advantage. Taryn Blanchard is a cross-sector anthropologist and Challenge Factory's Research Coordinator. She works on human-based research projects that use applied ethnography and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Her passion and expertise is exploring issues related to work, expression, communities of practice, and the relationship between humans and technology. Taryn has previously worked in academia and the human rights sector. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, as well as an H.BA. in anthropology and linguistics, from the University of Toronto.
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