Many people try to guess how enterprises will look like in the future. I’m afraid no one can answer thins question. In the other hand there are trends we can’t ignore : in the same way baby boomers dramatically transformed the companies they joined, digital natives will dot the same with our companies.

But prudence is required : everything we can read is sometimes “overplayed”, and I have no doubt our digital natives will have to climb down when they’ll realize some of their expectations are not viable on a long term track within an enterprise. And they won’t all be the mutants that are often described. But one thing is sure, an heavy trend is emerging.

I’ll also consider this evolution in relation to a phenomen I wrote about some times ago : the risk (or opportunity) to see , for economic reasons (information acquisition cost) or sociological (better personal standing), people positioning themselves outside the enterprise, as partners, service providers, instead of being salaried. French speaking people can also read this note about the end of defined work time, as new generations think of goals to achieve and no more about time you owe your employer. So we can draw some conclusions. [Read more...]