Millennials Tech-Dependent, But Not Necessarily Tech-Savvy
By Carol Phillips* One of the biggest myths about Millennials is that they are all digital natives, blogging and tweeting their way through life. The truth is a bit more nuanced. True, Millennials are...
View ArticleManaging Youth – what can we learn from gaming
By Sarah Newton* I recently saw this post and it really got me thinking about how we can manage Gen Y better by taking lessons from video games. And while, in my experience, I am not sure that Gen Y...
View ArticleGen Y really values fairness
By Sarah Newton As you may or may not know, as I write this the UK is going through a political stalemate, with no stable government and all the parties trying to decide if and how they will form a...
View ArticleStand Up, Gen X – your time has come!
By Sarah Newton OK, I can hold my containment no longer and I have to shout from the rooftops. I am so excited about the coalition agreement made in UK politics between the Conservatives and the...
View ArticleGet ready! Here comes Generation Z…
By Sarah Newton There has been little talk up to now about Gen Z, but I can see a few things coming up through the ranks. A recent post has claimed that they are more like Gen Y than Gen Y. Saying...
View ArticleManaging Gen Y – A case study on managing millennials and youth
By Sarah Newton This is a post that I have wanted to write for so long and no, I haven’t been procrastinating, I just needed to get an inside ticket, so to speak. In the UK there are a few amazing...
View ArticleForget the Cool Factor, Focus on Millennials’ Needs
By Carol Phillips* Financial services are waking up to the potential of Gen Y consumers. Millennials may not have a lot of money now, but they are determined to pay down their debt and conserve...
View ArticleThe Millennial Myth
By Sarah Newton We have long been fed the line that Millennials are disloyal employees who expect to work when they want and how they want, but new research could be knocking these long held myths on...
View ArticleStressed Out Teens
By Carol Phillips* Ask a teen how they are doing and they will nearly always answer ‘busy‘. For most teens, this is a true statement. High school teens and college students alike are chronically...
View ArticleLearning (or Not?) in the Digital Era
By Carol Phillips* Millennials are the first generation to be educated at a time when knowledge is both plentiful and accessible. Educators are struggling to make the shift from a model that was...
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