I feel we are living in a time of division between classes of workers where there are those, mainly in the younger generation, who ‘get it’ and those who just don’t, one of which is on display for all to see in the youtube comments. At the risk of stereotyping greatly, I’m going to say that those who don’t are primarily older workers who have been steeped in traditional work behaviours for the majority of their lives. As Richard and his team point out, there is a migration occurring towards what they term the creative class and I feel that those firms that don’t ‘get it’ are sitting way behind the eight ball and are fighting an uphill battle to be successful. By getting it I refer to firms that understand that workers want to be individualistic, want to work in a meritocratic environment, and want to work in a flexible environment, among other things. I feel that the sooner that firms are able to transition to this environment, the more productive they, and the economy at large, will become.

A quick note for the blog poster – the embedded video doesn’t work, I had to go directly to youtube.