Global integration is reshaping the world's economies and societies—and giving rise to very new kinds of enterprises and institutions. The globally integrated enterprise of the 21st century is different in some basic ways from the "multinational corporation" of the 20th.

When everything's connected, work flows to wherever it can be done best—where the most advanced expertise and open environments enable the most powerful innovation.

But what about those who are doing that work? Here's how the people in one such integrated enterprise describe, in their own words, what they do on a global scale and what it's meant for their lives and careers.