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Entries Tagged as 'generation y'

Generation Y and Boomers : Together They Can

July 30th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management

One more article that adds to the already imposing amount of Gen-Y related things. I (finally) recently came across something really worth on the subject in the latest issue of the HBR, an analysis relying on a survey conducted across 50 multinational companies and that confirms what we’ve been seing on the ground, even if [...]

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Story of a professional disconnection

March 14th, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, Worklife

This little story I’m going to tell you is purely imaginary. It’s neither mine nor anybody’s in particular. But it may become ours, one day.
January 2009 :Back to the office after a few days off. I take five minutes to send my greetings to all my friends. Nothing’s like Facebook to do that. I realize [...]

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Survey on the use of IT in french companies

February 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, IT, Intranets & collaborative tools, social computing

Two weeks ago I was invited by Microsoft to attend the presentation of a survey on the use of IT in fench companies. Two things made it really interesting
• Although the fact new generations were transforming the use of IT, there was no global study to quantify and qualify it.
• The methodology was neutral and [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 : my predictions for 2009

December 18th, 2008 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, knowledge-economy, social computing

Honestly I was not sure I would conform to the annual predictions tradition. Finally, since my 2008 edition was not that bad (shift from “social tools at people’s disposal” to the acknowledgement it needed inclusion in business process) and Susan kindly asks for it, I’ll try to do something interesing this year.
That said, I will [...]

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Danone explorers : In Real Life recruitment 2.0 for Y Gens

November 30th, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment

A few weeks ago I was invited by Danone to attend their Danone Explorers event, a moment when the company and students who are looking for an internship can meet.
I already wrote many things about Danone on my French blog but nothing here. I think there are a few things you have to know before [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 is the occasion to invent the win-win two ways mentorship

July 31st, 2008 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, enterprise 2.0

One of the points of the generational aspect of enterprise 2.0 is that we have to deal with both people who master tools but is not experienced enough to design a suitable use in a business driven context and people who master business issues but is not easy with the new tools and find it [...]

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Free The Battery Humans

July 5th, 2008 · View Comments · Social Networking, enterprise 2.0

Brilliant presentation by Lee Bryant at Reboot.

Tags: enterprise 2.0 , generation y , social networks

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Enterprise 2.0 is not (only) about young people

July 5th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Information / knowledge management, enterprise 2.0, information, social computing

When people discuss enterprise 2.0 things often shift to Generation Y for whom new tools and practices are a part of their DNA. But I don’t think we have to consider enterprise 2.0 is about those young people and that older ones are barrier to change.
My experience tends to prove it : leaders we can [...]

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Web 2.0 at work : get passionate employees

May 20th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, enterprise 2.0, social computing

Via Moovement.

Tags: enterprise 2.0 , generation y , Human resources , implication , motivation , web-2.0

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