By | Nov 17, 2014
Translation:
Boomers, Things Have Changed
Because People Have Changed.
Flatten your hierarchies, embrace innovation and stop expecting your employees to follow the rules, keep their mouths shut and listen. Those days are over, and they aren't coming back.
The digital age requires a smarter worker. In today’s world, we make very sophisticated stuff that does not conform to simple rules. Responsibility, troubleshooting and decision-making have all moved to the frontline. This requires open-source style communication," he said.
Bridging the Generational Chasm
As a web pioneer, Szollose co-founded K2 Design, one of the first online advertising shops and the first dot-com agency to go public on NASDAQ.
You
may remember the company: it picked up its first major assignment in
March 1994 for Sierra Magazine‘s online edition. In August 1994, it was
hired by NetMarket, which claimed to be the first company to conduct a
secure transaction on the Internet. It also staged the first IBM versus
Kasparov chess match, a landmark event in the then novel world of
cybercasting.
Szollose is the author of Liquid Leadership: From Woodstock to Wikipedia, which explores the subject of new leadership styles, specifically how to get the tech-savvy Generation Y Millennials and analog driven Baby Boomers working together.
He's also senior managing director of Liquid Leadership Worldwide, which was formed to help companies like Dell and MasterCard gain a better understanding of the ways technology has transformed corporate culture and behavior.
Sobel: You started your first business at age 16. Can you tell us about that?
Szollose: Don't be impressed that I started my first business at 16. My father...
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