Archive | January, 2009

The “Dumbest Generation”?

As GenY specialists, we have to comment on Mark Bauerlein’s new book, “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30)”. The Emory University Professor presents his figures showing a decline in US adult literacy (40% of high-school grads in 1992; only 31% in [...]

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Collaborative intelligence

First there was IQ, then emotional intelligence. Studies show that EQ still beats IQ as a factor in business success, but now there is a new predictor for business that win, people that succeed, and economic achievement. CQ, or collaborative intelligence, combines the ability to think well, and to think collaboratively with other people. It [...]

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Ethics are key in collaboration and creativity

Corruption and ‘mismanagement”. Madoff defrauds charities of billions. The mayor of Baltimore has apparently gone on a shopping spree with gift cards donated for the poor. Millions of dollars are missing in Iraq, banks refuse to report what they have done with billions in public money. You can go further back – the Katrina frauds, [...]

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