Stop blaming millennials for the internet’s dirty work
Posted On August 20, 2018
So apparently Business Insider isn’t the only outlet obsessed with blaming millennials for the demise of pretty much any product that’s seeing a slip in sales. Quartz published a piece recently blaming millennials for what it termed the death of the classic novel. In making this claim, writer Ajinomoh Ozovehe…
Categories: Advertising, Downloadable Media, Generation Y / Millennials
Sticking to a succession plan and overcoming an ‘epidemic of spinelessness’
Posted On April 18, 2018
The first step to succession planning, as with so many other things, is realizing you have a problem. Succession planning expert Wayne Rivers, our guest in this week’s episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,”has seen it all play out many times: An aging business owner tells his son he’s…
Categories: Downloadable Media, Entrepreneurship, Generations, Podcast, WorkplaceTech-savvy Millennials are watching (and judging) luddites
Posted On August 13, 2013
It is no secret that technology know-how of youth raised in the age of the smartphones in the pocket far outpaces those who were raised with rotary phones tethered to the kitchen wall. Today’s youth don’t really need to be taught how to use technology, rather, they need to be…
Categories: Downloadable Media, WorkplaceSocial Media, Etiquette, and Common Sense
Posted On May 14, 2013
When I was growing up a popular show on PBS had a song that teased “one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn’t the same.” It’s becoming clear that etiquette, common sense and social media just do not belong in the same sentence…
Categories: Baby Boomers, Downloadable MediaMillennials Addicted to Their Smartphones, Some Suffer “Nomophobia”
Posted On December 20, 2012
The Pew study of Millennials from a few years ago got everyone’s notice with the factoid that most Millennials sleep with their cell phones at hand. Now, a new Cisco study takes look at Millennials waking relationships with their smartphones and finds them inseparable. In fact, Millennials don’t just sleep…
Categories: Blog, Downloadable MediaMillennials and “Hyperconnectivity”
Posted On March 6, 2012
The Millennials are the connected generation. Statistics show them to be early adopters and avid users and consumers of all kinds of communication technology including texting, social networking, email, blogging, smartphones, etc. Now, the Pew Center is asking how all of that “hyperconnectivity” will affect the generation’s personality. Pew surveyed…
Categories: Downloadable MediaMillennial Diversity
Posted On April 26, 2012
Millennials share a few common characteristics but can’t all be lumped together and stereotyped, according to study by the Boston Consulting Group. “The Millennial Consumer: Debunking Stereotypes” is based on a survey of 4,000 Millennials and 1,000 from older generations. The study found a few shared traits, most notably an…
Categories: Downloadable MediaMillennials “Under-banked”
Posted On May 31, 2012
Nearly half of Millennials are “under-banked,” according to a study by Think Finance, and are choosing to use financial convenience products rather than traditional banking services. Under-banked Millennials are spread evenly across income brackets all the way up to those making relatively high salaries (for their age), up to $75K…
Categories: Blog, Downloadable Media, UncategorizedMillennials Going Cashless
Posted On July 11, 2012
Millennials expect technology to do just about everything for them. They even expect it to take the place of cash in the near future, according to a Visa survey. 80% of Millennials already shop online. Another 63% uses the Internet for financial transactions. 19% use their cell phones for that…
Categories: Blog, Downloadable Media, Product DesignMillennials’ “BYOD” Straining Network Security
Posted On September 11, 2012
One of the employee demands that Millennials are bringing to the workforce is known as BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device – the ability to bring their own smartphones, tablets, netbooks, etc., and to utilize workplace networks with them, including for work purposes. Now, a survey of network administrators shows…
Categories: Downloadable Media, Workplace