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This page was organized when Daniel Pink wrote
Free Agent Nation, a book of interest to entrepreneurs who
are free-lancers, independent workers, or operators of nanocorps.
Items from the book's glossary are on the following list:
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computer marriage:
...couples with children and traditional jobs, whose lives seem to
revolve entirely around the morning struggle to get to work, day care,
and school - and the evening battle to return home and begin the process
again the following day.
definition of computer marriages defined
definition of computer marriage defined
confederation:
...a regular collaboration between free agents akin to a law or accounting
partnership - but in which the relationships are fluid and the structure
is set by an informal agreement rather than a legal contract.
definition of confederation defined
definition of free-lancer confederation defined
Digital Marxism:
...With the proliferation of inexpensive computers, wireless handheld
devices, and ubiquitous (Internet) connect ions ... workers
can now own the means of production.
definition of digital worker revolution defined
definition of digital Marxism defined
DINJ:
...Double Income, No Jobs as in a DINJ couple, which a pair of
unemployed workers living together.
definition of
x defined
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E-tirement:
...a new stage in American working life; working as a free agent after
age sixty-five - and using the global communications network as the platform
for obtaining and completing work
definition of E-tirement defined definition of
E-tired defined
definition of etirement defined definition of etired defined
free agent infrastructure:
...the physical foundation on which the free agent economy operates.
The infrastructure is self-organized and composed of private establishments.
definition of Free Agent Infrastructure defined
definition of free agent infrastructure defined
FAN bonds:
...a form of debt financing for free agents. A financial instrument
more widely available than students loans but lower interest rates than
credit cards. To allow the market to flourish, a corporation, perhaps
chartered by Congress but owned by shareholders, would buy F.A.N. Bonds
and package them into securities - much as Fannie Mae does for home mortgages (in
the USA).
definition of FAN
bonds defined
definition of a FAN bond defined
free agent operating system:
...the underlying instructions that allow free agency to function.
Like Windows, DOS, or Linux on computers, the Free Agent Operating
System establishes the platform on which the free agent economy operates.
Its
basic unit is trust, which is fashioned into reciprocal altruism.
(See also: The Golden Rule) -- (Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.).
definition of free
agent operating system defined
how does a system of free agents operate successfully?
HOHO:
...His Office/Her Office. Somewhat like SOHO (Small Office/Home Office).
definition
of HOHO defined what is the term for a shared home office?
definition of SOHO defined term for a small, home office defined
horizontal
loyalty:
...successor of vertical loyalty, which flowed upward - from an individual
to an institution or authority figure.By contract, this new loyalty flows
laterally. It is a fierce, and usually reciprocal, allegiance to teams,
colleagues, and ex-colleagues; to clients and customers; to industries
and professions; and to family and friends.
definition of horizontal
loyalty defined
definition of vertical loyalty defined
Just-in-time politics:
...the political version of just-in-time manufacturing. Instead of
building one coalition and keeping it together, the modern challenge
of politics will be to assemble the available components to satisfy the
current political demand, do it in real time, and them move on to the
next task.

just-in-time manufacturing is a response to a market demand that furnishes
the product made up of components that don't come from inventory, instead they
are ordered to arrive at the assembly point just in time to produce what a
customer will buy. In this regard just-in-time politics must be the reaction
to a constituent demand that placates without the politician taking the risk
of proving a long-term solution within the context of planning for the future.
definition of just-in-time manufacturing defined
definition of just-in-time politics defined
nanocorp:
...a microbusiness that remains 'ruthlessly' small' as both a personal
preference and a competitive strategy more.
The enterprise behind The Network, Economic
Development Services,
is
classified
as a nanocorp.
definition of nanocorp defined definition of
microbusiness defined
definition of nanobusiness defined
permatemp:
...somebody who works alongside a traditional employee, doing the
same work, but whose employer classifies him as a temp to avoid providing
health insurance, a pension, and stock options.
definition of permatemp
defined
definition of a permanent-temporary employee defined
Peter-Out Principle:
...successor to the famous Peter Principle, it holds that people will
move up the ranks of an organization until they stop having fun. When
the fun peters out, the talented people walk out - usually to become
free agents.
definition of Peter-Out Principle defined
what is the Peter Principle?
Tailorism:
...descendant of Taylorism, Frederick Winslow Taylor's One Best Way
method of mass production ... Opposite of the One Size Fits All ethic
of the Organization Man era. (Synonym: My Size Fits Me).
definition of Taylorism defined
definition of Tailorism defined
Free Agent Nation
How America's New Independent Workers Are
Transforming the
Way We Live
Daniel H. Pink
ISBN: 0-446-52523-5
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