Why Bashing Millenials is Wrong

An interesting generational take by Nancy Lublin in this weeks issue of Fast Company. We all have a generational bias, but how do we put it to positive use in the workplace? Here is just a short segment of Lublin's article:

"Millenials don't have traditional boundaries or an old-fashioned sense of privacy. They live out loud, sharing details of their lives with thousands of other people. Of course there are the obvious risks to this - say, that unflattering, reputation-damaging photo that should have been deleted from Facebook- but while you shake your cane at them for indulging in TMI, I see their openness as a great opportunity....."

"A recent study found that millenials typically use up to seven devices, apps, and programs at once-texting, G-chatting, tweeting, and listening to music while working on that memo. Where I make a list and slowly cross things off one at a time......(One employee) will site in front of three screens (two PC, one Iphone) and plow through three times as many tasks in the same amount of time. I see my role as defining a clear goal, giving her the resources to take the shot, and then getting out of the way while she dunks."

Now, who is the dinosaur? I have seen the enemy and it is me.