February 2008 - Posts

• Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:48 PM

  TMI

  Tomorrow I am having the first (hopefully of many...) big press event for Generation Blend. My colleague Dan Rasmus and I are meeting with foreign reporters at Microsoft as part of their big Information Worker Vision event, and Dan will be interviewing Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Media, the book

• Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:19 AM

  Generational Political Realignment

  As part of some consulting I am doing for Congressional candidate Darcy Burner (D-WA 08), I attended a strategy session yesterday with DNC Chairman Howard Dean (seen left exchanging words with your humble narrator). Dean discussed Democratic prospects Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: Politics, Millennials

• Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:37 AM

  Generations International

  Generation Blend draws most of its data about generational attitudes and experiences from the United States. There's every reason to believe that the digital age gap exists around the world, especially in societies that made an abrupt transition from Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: generational theory, Social Trends, Millennials

• Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:47 AM

  Internet Evolution reviews Generation Blend

  Peter Bowman over at Internet Evolution interviewed me last week about Generation Blend. His article is posted today. Share this post: del.icio.us | digg | reddit Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: the book

• Friday, February 15, 2008 12:59 PM

  The Digital Class Divide

  I just finished reading Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams , Alfred Lubrano's excellent first-person account of the divide in values separating blue-collar and professional classes in America. Lubrano, an award-winning journalist and NPR commentator, Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: organizational culture, Social Trends, workforce development, blue collar

• Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:20 AM

  Generational OS

  I was talking to a friend at Microsoft who says the folks in Redmond are finally starting to pay attention to Apple as a competitor on the PC desktop. They are concerned about ways to make Windows a cooler brand. Seems to me that Apple is winning in a Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: IT, collaboration and social computing

• Monday, February 11, 2008 9:24 AM

  Plotting the Future of the Workforce

  Although it's important to get people of all ages on the same page with technology in today's workforce, the issue becomes really important over the next 10 years. Right now, organizational leadership roles that correlate to experience and seniority are Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: organizational culture, Boomers, Generation X-ecutive, futurism, Millennials, management

• Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:46 PM

  Slow Blogging

  Over the past couple of weeks, I've been trying to prime the pump with some bloggish content. Unfortunately (or not...) the book shipped early and my attentions have been consumed with kicking off the other dimensions of the marketing campaign and winding Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: meta

• Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:32 AM

  Super Tuesday

  Just got word from my editor that Generation Blend shipped early and should be available by the end of the week. Pre-order pricing at Amazon is about 30% off. Check it out . Update: Someone is checking it out. I started the day ranked 1.7 million on the Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: the book

• Sunday, February 03, 2008 10:52 AM

  Reads of the Week

  Washington Post political writers Morley Winograd and Michael Hais take a generational view of US politics in the context of Barack Obama's presidential run. Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum isn't buying . The New York Times connects increasing fertility Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: generational theory, Politics, Social Trends