Toptal Insights
With the world’s largest fully remote workforce, Toptal knows what it takes to stay competitive in today's economy. On Toptal Insights, we explore how talent plays an integral role in driving innovation, and the new ways of working that companies need to embrace to ensure they attract and retain the best.
Employee Retention Strategies 101: Workplace Education
As talented employees move between companies with increasing regularity, businesses are faced with a challenge: how to consistently retain their best and brightest. This article explores the use of continual employee education as a retention strategy that benefits both talent and employers.
Eryn Peters
As Toptal’s Director of Operations, Eryn leads the global Toptal expert community in sharing thought leadership at conferences and technical events, as well as through professional mentorship programs and online and offline expert-to-expert learning initiatives. Bringing cross-functional operational experience from time spent at Sony and Mercedes-Benz, Eryn facilitates dozens of Toptal talent initiatives, partnering with leading global conferences to connect them with the Toptal community. Eryn has a degree in Business Administration and Marketing, with a focus on experiential, quantitative marketing, and has been a speaker on the Future of Work at conferences around the world, including Moscow’s Open Innovations Forum.
AI vs. BI: Differences and Synergies
Business Intelligence and artificial intelligence are increasingly crucial yet often misunderstood tools in an enterprise context. This article clarifies the differences between each field and explains how they will work together in the future.
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Don't Fight Employee Turnover. Accept, Adapt, and Leverage It.
Although employee tenures are decreasing, innovative companies embrace the trend as an opportunity to maximize impact. In this article, Andy Anderson, a Toptal Client Partner, shares perspective on how such companies view - and capitalize on - employee attrition.
Andy Anderson
As a Client Partner, Andy helps clients build teams around their most pressing challenges by tapping into the power of the human cloud.
The Catch-22 Facing Academia and the Tech Sector in the War for Top Talent
Academia and the tech sector are in a war for top technical talent. As well-funded tech companies continue to poach professors and graduate students, each sector faces crucial questions that may dictate their future relationship and long-term success. This article explores strategies that Bellevue College has employed to attract and retain top technical faculty.
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The Future of Work: A View from Seattle
Major economic forces are shaping the Future of Work. Toptal sits down with executives from Seattle to hear their perspective on topics impacting companies across the US, including the talent gap and the looming threat of disruptive innovation.
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Building Trust, Quality, and Integrity on the Internet, at Scale
Learn how Toptal, one of the world’s largest fully remote companies, instills critical cultural elements to scale trust with its distributed team and customers.
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Securing A Competitive Edge: A Guide to Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is critical to an organization’s long-term competitiveness and success. This article explores the keys to driving digital transformation, focusing on a case study in the healthcare space.
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The Opportunity Loop: An Inside Look at How to Attract and Retain Top Talent
Elite talent has plenty of options. This article explores some of the key lessons Toptal and its clients have learned in how to best attract, retain, and motivate top talent.
Ethan Brooks
As the North America Community Lead at Toptal, Ethan and his team help foster growth and deliver outstanding value to Toptalers around the world.
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