http://todmaffin.com/perfectstorm Strategist, Consultant, Author, Speaker Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:53:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://todmaffin.com/perfectstorm/comment-page-1#comment-4223 Ottawa Jeff Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:50:58 +0000 http://todmaffin.com/?p=2005#comment-4223 And we wonder why government is having trouble attracting and retaining the next crop of workers. I am in a more advanced age group than the under -25 set but continue to be frustrated by the inability of the complete lack of understanding of Gen-Xers and our needs. How are high level bureaucrats -- who, for example, see things like social media as threats and not tools -- even going to begin to understand how to relate to our kids if they can't even master relating to their parents? And we wonder why government is having trouble attracting and retaining the next crop of workers. I am in a more advanced age group than the under -25 set but continue to be frustrated by the inability of the complete lack of understanding of Gen-Xers and our needs. How are high level bureaucrats — who, for example, see things like social media as threats and not tools — even going to begin to understand how to relate to our kids if they can't even master relating to their parents?

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