What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?
Mic’s staff of 106 looks a lot like its target demographic: trim 20-somethings, with beards on the men and cute outfits on the women, who end every sentence with an … Continue reading
To Attract Millennials, A Company Changes Its Product And Workplace
Lunchtime volleyball is part of the new image that the company — which sells video conferencing technology — is trying to cultivate to attract millennials like Heery. Her generation is … Continue reading
How The Sharing Economy Is Changing The Places We Work
The sharing economy is powering a rise of new entrepreneurs who need a different kind of office space. Co-working spaces that foster certain communities, like Galvanize, in Denver, cater to that … Continue reading
CIOs Look Ahead: Millennials, Consumer Tech and the Future
Like Robin, Millennials don’t want to unplug from work on the weekends and after-hours like their older counterparts, and so they want technology that keeps up with this lifestyle. They’re … Continue reading
Why Social Learning Benefits your Business
Surveys of CEOs continue to report that recruiting and developing talent are their top concerns. In addition, ASTD Research notes that by 2020, nearly half (46%) of all U.S. workers will be … Continue reading
Gen-Y Workforce And Workplace Are Out Of Sync
What I’m noticing is that most corporate structures are out of sync with the lifestyle desires of Generation Y. Companies need to rethink the way their employees work, making major … Continue reading
Millennials And Baby Boomers: At Odds Or Peas In A Pod?
It’s not an infrequent complaint: young employees, those who fall neatly into the Generation Y or Millennial cohort, are naturally meeting-averse, preferring to hash out our ideas on shared Google documents whereas … Continue reading
The Expanding Roles of Millennials in the Workplace
Companies need to care because of the demographics. Millennials are about the size of the Baby Boomers, and the generation in between the 2 – Gen X – is significantly … Continue reading
