Colliding generations

We've seen it coming, the workplace collision of two generations with very different communication skills. We are already working on the cleanup, but probably missed the moment of impact. Can you recall when you first realized that the new college hire in your meeting was responding in a way foreign to the experienced staff? Perhaps you couldn't quite put your finger on what was different, or maybe you noticed the tempo was a bit off, a bit faster than usual. Maybe you noticed that the new college hire reacted to levels of management differently, or paid no attention to the hierarchy that is long revered as an integral part of the organization.

You may be asking yourself, "What does this have to do with the future of technology and protecting myself?" The answer is, "A lot".

People growing up in the second decade of the 2000s communicate electronically far more than only one generation prior (http://www.educause.edu/research-and-publications/books/educating-net-generation...