Cory Hymel

VP of Product & Research @ Gigster | Innovating on the Future of Work

//--In my own words
Washed software engineer that was better at telling stories and painting visions that writing code. I usually find myself working in research or innovation teams due to attention deficient and boredom with solvable problems. I very much enjoy speaking, teaching, and sharing things I've learned with others. 


//--In my PR teams words
The root of Cory’s passion for the connected nature of tech enhancing the future of work began in the early 2000s in robotics research initiatives for the FedEx Institute of Technology. He went on to pioneer mobile helping enterprises develop strategies to mobilize staff workflows and collaboration in the pre-enterprise project management app era of “BYOD to work” in the mid-2010s. Seeing the promise of physical and digital integration, Cory brought physical products to life leading the Connected Technologies division at a hardware development firm. Beginning in 2018 Cory began researching and leading the Future of Work at Gigster as VP of Product and Research advocating for leveling outdated hierarchical structures within organizations. Cory is a futurist with the goal to continuously question the status quo. His research answers the questions that will define how the innovations of today will impact the work of tomorrow.

Head of Academic Partnerships

Helping lead research with Stanford and Berkeley into how distributed teams work at scale.

CEO and Co-Founder at Gigged.AI | Solving the UK Tech Skill Shortage | ex-Gartner and Allegis Group

Experienced leader who has had senior positions with Allegis Group and Gartner as well board positions with The Data Lab and This Is Me Scotland. I am passionate about mental health, AI and the future of work.

Currently building Gigged.AI into the Blended Workforce Platform for Enterprise. 57% of digital transformations delay due to skill gaps. At Gigged.AI we helping get digital transformation back on track by matching enterprises to internal employee, open talent and AI Agents through our AI-driven platform. 


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This year Gigged.AI will be raising funds for two great Scottish mental health charities:

SAMH: Scotland's national mental health charity, providing direct support services, running campaigns, influencing policy, and offering resources for people with mental health challenges.

A Place Called Here: Glasgow-based charity that offers free, weekly peer-support groups for adults who have been bereaved by suicide. 

We will start by doing Kilt Walk again in April.

#mentalhealth #burnout #charity

CEO and Co-Founder at Gigged.AI | ex Gartner and Allegis Group | AI, Future of Work and Burnout Speaker

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Such a fun night with the CXC Customer Council. 

Great location, great people and great discussion. Some great examples of how AI Agents are being used across global enterprises.

I gave a short talk on our 40/40/20 Workforce hypothesis.

In the last few days, two big signals that validated our thinking:

1️⃣ McKinsey & Company CEO Bob Sternfels confirmed they have deployed 25,000 AI agents across their 50,000-person firm. They apparently have employee IDs. They have firm emails and are treated as legitimate, autonomous teammates. See how this plays out. 

2️⃣ Anthropic just launched Cowork. A desktop agentic layer that doesn't just chat as it collaborates, plans, and executes across your files and workflows. Anthropic built the entire tool in just 1.5 weeks using Claude Code.

This is the 40/40/20 model in action:

• 40% Internal Talent: The strategic orchestrators (like McKinsey’s senior partners).

• 40% Open Talent: The agile experts needed to integrate these fast-moving tools. Open talent is more than the traditional contractor.

• 20% AI Agents: The digital workforce handling the heavy lifting of execution.

First time delivering this talk and look forward to doing it more over next few months. 

Gigged.AI  

#AgenticAI #AI #futureofwork

Asking for some help from the CIO’s, CTO’s and CDO’s in my network.

We launched a new feature that combines humans and AI Agents. 

We are doing various focus groups over next few weeks to pinpoint the best use-cases for this feature.

As a thank you we will be donating to two amazing mental health charities.

Let me know if anyone would be keen to help.

#CIO #CTO #CDO

The 80/20 workforce is over. 

The 40/40/20 era is here.

By the end of 2028, many enterprises will operate with:

40% Full-Time Employees (Strategy, Leadership, Culture)

40% Contingent Workers (Specialised Skills, Agility)

20% AI Agents (High-Volume Tasks, Throughput)

Traditional systems are no longer fit for purpose as hey can't orchestrate this blended Human + Digital workforce.

Heading to London to share the concept with leaders from FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 firms. 

Thanks for the invite CXC and Connor Heaney. 

#AIAgents #CHRO #CIO

I have spoken with over 20 enteprise tech and procurement leaders already in 2026. 

A few consistent themes are emerging:

1️⃣ Need to do more with less: Opex budgets are flat or reduced across most orgs so adding full-time headcount is a real challenge.

2️⃣ Transformation is everywhere: whether that be AI, Digitial or Workforce most companies are driving big programmes to deliver revenue growth or cost optimisation.

3️⃣ Tech skills are in demand: the demand for data analysts, ML engineers and software engineers is increasing, not decreasing. Many leaders need to look outside the traditional full-time and contract markets due to Opex cuts. Most Capex budgets are up so looking at different models to add skills is worth while.  I like crowdsourcing, gig hiring and innovation challenges.

4️⃣ AI Agents are coming: very few high ROI use-cases yet but they are coming. 

And yes you can wear a cardiga and talk about AI :)

#CIO #CTO #AIAgents

Absolutely love seeing Gartner Peer Insights reviews.

This was from a CIO at a large enterprise who had to find a solution to match the right skills to the right projects. They had a headcount freeze and a large but siloed tech team. They needed a quick solution. 

Delighted we managed to solve that through our Workforce Intelligence solution.

#skills #gartner #CIO

Most companies do not have the AI and data skills in-house they need to deliver  in 2026. Hiring freezes and skill shortages are a big factor and why we are seeing record demand in January so far.

We have been building our talent pool of on-demand verified AI and Data of the last 4 years with a big spike in the last few months.

They have worked at some of the biggest companies (e.g Google, HP, McLaren F1 etc) in the world and have delivered on projects like:

1️⃣ AI Agents that actually move into production

2️⃣ Data strategies that deliver business value

3️⃣ High quality data lakes that result in actual AI ROI

4️⃣ Cyber plans that reduce costly attacks when you are piloting AI tools

Short term talent on an outcome-based or T&M SOW is the way forward in 2026.

#AIAgent #dataanalyst #ondemand

A nice moment last week that reminds me why we do this.

Last year we started working with Zellerfeld Shoe Company Inc. thanks to Daniel Cocking.

Zellerfield then went onto hire the very talented software developer Neil Morgan  who was being the early sign ups to the platform. 

I bumped into both randomly last week.

It was great hearing how the platform semessly connected both with some great customer success management by Rachel Scougall. 

#ondemandtalent #techhiring #softwareengineering

AI fatigue is real.

I talked a lot about it last week.

So back by popular demand is some farming content.

Today, Isabella learning to drive a tractor.

You are welcome! :)

New report from Mental Health UK shows that burnout is impacting young people more than ever. Not great reading.

Burnout is no joke. 

It can lead to very serious mental health issues.

I had no idea what burnout was until I was 33. A neurologist showed me the full extent by showing me a brain scan. 

As experienced leaders we have a responsibility to share our experiences with those coming into the workforce to help avoid burnout early. 

#burnout #burnoutavoidance

Last week I built a new talk on AI Agents which I got to test out with the brilliant CXC  Customer Council.

The talk is called: 

AI Agents and the 40/40/20 Workforce: The New Operating Model for 2026

It is for senior tech, procurement and people leaders in enterprises.

I have tried to simplify AI, add practical and real case studies alongside some key learns in building AI Agents into your team. 

Looking forward to refining this more at some of our dinners.

Also been asked a few CIO’s to do it another LT kick off for 2026 which will be cool. 

#AIAgents #AI #futureofwork

First dinner of the year and great to be partnering with our friends at Waracle. 

This one will be in Edinburgh on 5th February. 

Blair Walker will be doing our pre-dinner session:

🗣️Doing more differently, rather than more for less.

How Jevon’s paradox suggests the future of AI-enabled work will require more people delivering more business value.

Going to be a cracker, I have one seat left drop me a note.

#techleaders #scotland #AI

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