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• Monday, May 18, 2009 9:30 AM

  Young Africa Rising

  This is a repost from my April 22 column for Internet Evolution . It makes a nice overture for my work-in-progress, Young World Rising. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Read More... Posted by Rob | 5 Comments Filed under: Millennials, Young World Rising

• Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:47 AM

  Career Blogs are For Older Workers Too

  Workplace experiences and career advice seem to be a source of endless fascination for 20-somethings, and entire communities of blogs have sprung up offering all kinds of peer-to-peer guidance on everything from getting past the job interview to personal Read More... Posted by Rob | 3 Comments Filed under: Boomers, economics, aging

• Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:42 PM

  Tax-Day Repost: Ragged Individualism

  In response to some of the foolishness taking place around the country on tax day today, I offer a very un-GenX take on the subject of the individual and the community, reposted from my old Emphasis Added blog from 2003 : The concept of the “rugged individual” Read More... Posted by Rob | 3 Comments Filed under: GenX, Politics, Social Trends

• Monday, April 06, 2009 7:58 AM

  Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Crisis Part 4: New Blood or Blood in the Streets?

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• Friday, April 03, 2009 8:11 AM

  Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Crisis Part 3: Institutional Stagnation or Managed Growth?

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• Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:48 PM

  Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Crisis: Part 2

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• Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:59 AM

  Four Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Downturn: Introduction

  As part of my work with Dan Rasmus at Microsoft, we're revisiting the scenario planning framework we developed in 2003 (as explained in our book, Listening to the Future ) in light of current events. The following few posts will outline my own "unofficial" Read More... Posted by Rob | 4 Comments Filed under: futurism, economics, Social Trends, scenarios

• Monday, March 02, 2009 12:45 PM

  Managing the Blended Workplace

  My friend, colleague and co-author Dan Rasmus has a new piece in Strategy + Business called "Keeping up with Workforce 2020." In it, Dan looks at some of the major themes of the coming decade that managers should keep in mind, including moves toward the Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Millennials, management, productivity

• Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:43 AM

  This is Radio Rob

  I'll be on State of Affairs hosted by Robin Fischer, on WFPL 89.3 FM in Louisville, KY in about an hour, talking about Generation Blend. Share this post: del.icio.us | digg | reddit Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: the book

• Monday, February 02, 2009 9:19 AM

  Back After a Blogging Break

  Sorry for the long dry spell. I had to recharge the batteries after a busy fall and holiday season. Plus, I'm blogging regularly at Internet Evolution , which absorbs a lot of my spare time. I'm now hoping to get back to a regular blogging schedule here Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: education, futurism, the book