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 see emerging within companies share a lot of common points…but not their age.

We can see people aged 40 or 50 really embracing the phenomenon and Gen Yers staying in the starting blocks. The contrary is sometimes true too. But as this computerworld study says, generational barrier is a myth. It seems confirmed by the fact the most active member on the CIA’s Intellipedia platform is more than 60.

There are many differences between generations, but not always those we think. [Read more...]