Le copain Michel Dumais qui tient le blogue Ouvert 24 heures, a en effet été fermé, pour cause de rénovations, plusieurs mois. Cela fait du bien de le revoir plus en forme et mordant que jamais. Entre autres, lisez sa récapitulation de l’excellent papier de l’entrevue de Lee Rainie de Pew Internet dans le Financial Times, They are the future And they’re coming soon to a workplace near you The next generation of your staff is challenging the accepted ways of doing things in the business world (inscription payante), à propos de la génération des adolescent du Web (15 à 18 ans). Passionnant…
Il cite aussi une étude de Mark Prensky à ce propos. THE DEATH OF COMMAND AND CONTROL? (PDF)
Un résumé des cinq réalités que les employeurs et collègues plus âgés doivent comprendre de ces jeunes :
Reality 1: They are video gamers with different expectations about how to learn, work, and pursue careers.
Reality 2: They are technologically literate, but that does not necessarily make them media literate.
Reality 3: They are content creators and that shapes their notions about privacy and property.
Reality 4: They are product and people rankers and that informs their notions of propriety.
Reality 5: They are multi-taskers often living in a state of “continuous partial attention”, where the boundary between work and leisure is quite permeable
