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• Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:07 AM

  61 is the New 20

  ...at least according to a bouncer at a bar in Olympia, Washington, who turned away Christine Gregoire, Washington's 61-year old governor, when she could not produce an ID showing she was of legal drinking age. That's some Boomer mojo right there! Share Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Boomers

• Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:01 AM

  Two and Out

  The Baby Boomers were, until recently, the largest generation in American history (at 78 million). They dominated American life and culture for more than 50 years - as the first kids raised on TV in the 1950s, the disruptive peaceniks, Vietnam warriors, Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Boomers, GenX, Politics, Silent generation

• Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:31 AM

  Online Resources Growing for Older Job Seekers

  According to Aging Workforce News , the online job site CareerBuilder.com has launched a site specifically dedicated to workers 50 and older, driven by results of their recent survey which found that 22% of employers plan to rehire retirees from other Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Boomers, workforce development, aging

• 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, January 20, 2008 9:23 AM

  Another Cinematic Window into Generational Relationships

  In the words of one of my favorite aphorisms, "if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." My hammer at the moment is generational theory, Strauss and Howe's view of the procession and relations between different cohorts in American Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Strauss & Howe, generational theory, Media, Boomers

• Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:14 PM

  Changing of the Guard

  The ascendency of Barack Obama as a legitimate contender for the Democratic Presidential nomination has focused a lot of attention on the generation gap, even though some would argue that Obama (b. 1961) is technically still a Baby Boomer, albeit at the Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Boomers, GenX, Politics

• Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:17 PM

  Generations of Mad Men

  My wife and I have belatedly discovered the fantastic new series Mad Men , currently re-running its first season on AMC or available on iTunes. Created by Matthew (“The Sopranos”) Weiner, it’s a dark comedy/drama set in a Madison Avenue ad agency in 1960. Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: generational theory, Media, Boomers, Generation X-ecutive