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TECHNOLOGY COLUMN
GENERATION PI Reswizzling of Business Brought to you by Artificial Intelligence and Millennials
MARK D. DEMERS SR. DIRECTOR, SAS RESWIZZLING The “biological clock” is a An excellent, trusted, and
timely problem facing critical
This month’s column and next
If you don't think generation matters, think of this example. When asked to recall how and where JFK died, Baby Boomers would say gunshots in Dallas, Texas; Generation X remembers a plane crash near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts; and Generation Y might say, “Kennedy who?”
will discuss PI (π), Millennials,
Baby Boomers, and Millennials,
Artificial Intelligence.
but have you heard of Gen PI?
If you don't think generation
Autonomous and Autonomic
Aging IT systems with an
matters, think of this example.
computing and the relationship
aging workforce, skills deficit,
When asked to recall how
between them all. In other
and emerging advanced
and where JFK died, Baby
words – the proverbial People
technologies like AI and
Boomers would say gunshots
– Processes & Technology.
Machine Learning are pushing
in Dallas, Texas; Generation
organizations of all ills to
X remembers a plane crash
reimagine their futures.
near Martha's Vineyard,
respected woman business leader whom I know, Michelle Wells, recently taught me a new word that is fitting to frame this month’s Technology Column – “Reswizzling.” Reswizzle means rearranging or reorganizing, or restructuring something in a functional, relevant way.
We've all heard of GenZ, GenX,
industries like manufacturing. As more Baby Boomer executives, managers, and workers retire, there aren't enough recruits from Gen Y or Millennial employee pool – workers in their 20s to early 30s – stepping in to take their places. Adding to the urgency is that 75% of the workforce will be from the Millennial generation by 2025, according to many sources.
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