Today, 1 July 2008, is the official start of this blog. I am very excited to start this exchange of views, opinions and thoughts with you. The changes happening in today’s workforce and the accelerated development of new technologies will have a tremendous impact on the future workplace. Consequences will be felt by all of us.
I decided to launch this blog after writing an article in the HR Today Magazine on "Give HR a Second Life" which is also published today. Therein I discuss that Second Life (SL) is not only the virtual platform on which individuals interact via their avatars. SL stands as a synonym for a technological and sociological transformation of our business world. With the Generation Y (todays 20-27 years olds) entering the worklife, companies need to rapidly change their culture to comply with the new demands coming from these hires. I also elaborate on the use of virtual games as a good training ground for future leaders. With these online games - or Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), as they are called correctly - people can learn how to effectively collaborate and lead in a increasingly virtual world.
This article - which I recommend everyone to read, of course ;-) - sets the agenda for this blog. I will regularly post my thougths here and hope you will actively join in to the discussion. I don't care if you agree or disagree as long as you will make your voice heard here. Let's have fun!
Bye for now!
Charles
3 weeks ago
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Hi Charles. Probably it's a bit late but I just discovered this blog after having read your article in the book: "Interkulturell führen Diversity 2.0 als Wettbewerbsvorteil" and the article in the Hamburger Abendblatt from July 5-6, 2008. First of all, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us in this blog. This year I started my PhD, and the focus of my research is Gen Y, namely job expectations of Gen Y of different cultural backgrounds. In the end I want to find out if job expectations of Gen Y converge or diverge taking into consideration cultural aspect. What do you think: Is such factor as national culture still relevant for the Gen Yers? And the second question around which my prof. and I are constantly arguing: He argues against generalization in the definition. If you say "Gen Y", do you really mean "all the people worldwide born between 1980 and 2000"? Are they all the same? don't you think it will make more sense to differentiate between, let's say, "career-oriented tough guys" and "work-life-balance- oriented guys", for example? Isn't this generalization a kind of irresponsible attempt to push employers to come up with employer branding strategies without having deeply researched into the target group, i.e. potential employees (Gen Yers?) I think it's just too easy to say "these are the Gen Yers" and these are the characteristics of all Gen Yers...
Anyway, I know that I'm bold enough putting up these questions but all this discussions around the Gen Y lately have been motivating me to think it all over and may be even to redefine this notion of Gen Y.
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