Magazine articleLeadership & Managing People Magazine articleBusiness projects with very long time horizons--such as those involving product R&D, workplace design, and total compensation planning--have to contend...
ArticleGovernment ArticleIf one of the new generations reminds you of an older one, you’re probably right. William Strauss and Neil Howe, in Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069, trace the history of the U.S. by generation. They argue that generations follow a four-part, repeating cycle: 1. A “civic” generation: a dominant, externally-focused generation, […]
ArticleGenerational issues ArticleWilliam Strauss and Neil Howe, coauthors of Generations, posit that each generation makes a unique bequest to those that follow and generally seeks to correct the excesses of the previous generation. They argue that the Boomer excess is ideology and that the Generation X reaction to that excess involves an emphasis on pragmatism and effectiveness. […]