Upwork
- Upwork's Kelly Monahan has studied the future of work for 12 years.
- She runs Upwork's Research Institute and wants 2024 to be a year of job disruption.
- Monahan's insights are part of Business Insider's year-end leadership series, "Looking Ahead 2024."
Kelly Monahan wants to use "data-driven empirical insights to help guide" the conversation around the future of work.
It's a crucial topic for Upwork, a marketplace that connects freelancers with clients. As the managing director of Upwork's Research Institute, Monahan knows this is an uphill battle. "It's so hard to get into the C-suite and break through for a variety of reasons, but especially the female voice," she told Business Insider.