| | January 20158CIOReviewMillennials are flooding the workplace and bringing a whole new dynamic on how the rest of the workforce interacts, communicates and stays connected in and out of the office. It might be easy to say that this is a new problem, but these wild sweeping generalizations occur every decade or so as the critical mass of a new generation begins to shake up the status quo of the global work culture. This time, however, the change is so disruptive and happening so fast, a global change in culture has happened in less than 15 years. Even more surprising, the new generation's habits are crossing the generation boundary every day. Gen-Xers and baby boomers are picking up the new, and adopting the behaviors and expectations of millennials for themselves.Instantly connected and always onThere is an increasing compulsion to be connected and be available ­ wherever they are, all the time. Nielsen found that an astounding 83 percent of millennials say that they sleep with their smart phones. Gone are the days when arranging to meet somebody involved letters back and forth or a telephone conversation from a land-line. Now you just turn up and send the other parties a short message along the way. Friendly arguments over information and facts are also a thing of the past. Insights, applications and data are available anywhere and at their fingertips from any device.Experience is kingMillennials are typically impatient and demonstrate a complete opinionin myGreat Expectations ­ How Millennials are Redefining WorkBy Marc Wilkinson, Chief Technologist, Hewlett-PackardToday's generation is able to deal with multi-tasking much easily, and be surprised when applications and many of their co-workers are not designed for such approach to doing things"
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