Don’t Fear the Millennials

I’ve written another article for my friends at Silicon.com.
It’s about the nonsense spouted by the commentariat on the subject of the next-generation. It’s here:
I’m sure you’ve heard the familiar scare story about the next generation in the workplace, a hazily defined group of teens and pre-teens often called ‘Millennials’. They are disloyal technology-literate narcissists and [...]

Teddington Technology Pilot Zone

Last year I spent several months on a research report for Nokia and Rio Tinto. It was focused on how companies must adapt to inspire the next generation of technology literate children. As part of the research I conducted several sessions in Teddington School’s Technology Pilot Zone, alongside their deputy head, the indefatigable Kevin Watling.
It’s a [...]

Debate on my article

Jakartass has written me an open letter responding to my article in The Guardian.
He rightly points out that I’m writing with a Western perspective, and here our freedom of expression isn’t seriously threatened. I was writing to The Guardian’s print publication readers, but should have remembered that the web readership is much broader.
I think he’s also [...]

Me in the Guardian

I have a piece in the Guardian today. In response to this article by Jackie Ashley, I wrote this article. I’m essentially arguing that social networks are a positive force in young people’s lives - Which I concluded after conducting a major research project entitled ‘Millennials at Work’, for Unwired Ventures. 
In fact I agree with [...]