As a Futurist, I often get asked, “what is the future of work?”. To help answer that, a trend I’ve been tracking closely over the past decade is that of the freelance movement – that is, the host of workers leaving their full time gigs in favour of a freelance lifestyle. A trend that’s been emerging for over a decade, the freelance movement picked up steam during the pandemic and continues to flourish. This blog post explores what’s driving the freelance movement and where it’s headed as we settle into an endemic state of affairs.