By Sarah Newton I was recently asked some really fascinating questions regarding social media and youth for an interview. I have posted them below – what do you think has social media changed today’s youth? 1. Do you believe that social media sites have placed a pressure on our youth to perform or behave in [...]
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Posted in Ideas, Music, Web on dez 27th, 2010
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By Sarah Newton There is no doubt that the work force has become so much more diverse in every way. From the amount of different generations, the retirement age higher than ever and the gap between young and old and their beliefs of and use of technology have created some big canyons that employers have [...]
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Posted in Generation, Millennial on ago 5th, 2010
By Aart Bontekoning and Marieke Grondstra “Millennials Won’t Change Work; Work Will Change Millennials” is the title of a recent article of Andrew McAfee in Harvard Business Review. This started a lively discussion and I want to share our command to this issue. Last 10 years our PhD and complementary research was focused on the [...]
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By Sarah Newton Generation Y employees are always being discussed and yet again, more research has the papers saying yes, they do have a sense of entitlement. There is a post that says: “Gen Y workers get a bad rap in the workplace, with many a geezer complaining that their work ethic is less developed [...]
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Posted in Generation, Generation Y, Millennial on mai 13th, 2010
By Carol Phillips* “I don’t read a lot, I never have. I was happy when the movie ‘Where the Wild things Are’ came out, ’cause that’s the first movie I’ve ever been qualified to say that the book was better than the movie.” — Tony Grayson, High School Senior, Oak Park, IL As a professor, [...]
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Posted in Generation, Generation Y, Web on fev 10th, 2010
By Carol Phillips* The premise of generational marketing is that each generation assumes a characteristic set of values and behaviors. While it’s not everything you need to know to market effectively, it provides a cultural foundation and helps avoid the ego-centric mistake of thinking other generations are just like you, only younger or older. While [...]
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Posted in Artikullocks, Family, Generation, Job on out 15th, 2009
By Mauro Segura I know business executives who have been very successful in their own careers. Yet they’ve faced tremendous difficulties in helping their kids as they embark on their own professional journey. At this moment, all parents find themselves in the same boat. It doesn’t matter if you’re got a PhD from Harvard, or [...]
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Posted in Artikullocks, Generation on out 6th, 2009
By Vanessa Van Petten I wrote a post called “Teen Slang: Decoding What Your Teens Are Saying” and it did well for about 2 weeks until the negative comments started rolling in. “We don’t saaaaaay that anymore.” “These are, like, so old!” Two weeks? Two weeks is all it takes for something to become out [...]
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The red areas indicate regions of activation in the functional MRI scanner during the particular task – reading (1st photo) or web searching (2nd photo). By Ines Schinazi Technology is obviously changing the way we speak, communicate, interact, and relate to each other. But is technology also changing our brains? Dr. Gary Small thinks so. [...]
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