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Entries Tagged as 'Generation Y'

The Folly of the Birth Certificate

August 24th, 2017 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Basing decisions on a person’s age is a bad practice and always has been. Individual persons are  just that—individual persons. Groups have tendencies. Oh the horror of that statement, but it has some truth behind it. One of the greater follies of this post (post(post)) modern era is that of the “digital […]

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Tags: Culture · Differences · Expectations · Generation Y

We’re Missing a Few Layers (and Adaptability)

October 13th, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We have chased manufacturing out of America. We now have holes in our job structure and have lost the ability to adapt to a changing world. I read a few posts on the “Econolypse” lately. Here is one post, and here is another. We have chased the manufacturing jobs from the U.S. […]

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Tags: Employment · General Systems Thinking · Generation Y · Ideas

Just In Time Technology

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Kids today. They do new things at dizzying speeds. Sometimes it is a big waste of time, but sometimes it is quite productive. They are entering the work force in droves, so be ready. Yesterday 6AM – I wake my son. He wanted to ask me something about headphones, so he left […]

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Tags: Change · Generation Y · Technology