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Knowledge Infusion Co-Founder mailto:heidi.spirgi@knowledge-infusion.com recently visited Paris, a few of her thoughts..
As I sit at a sidewalk caf�� drinking my third caf�� cr��me of the day, I am struck by how much Paris has changed. I watch the throngs of people funnel past me and realize this is not the Paris of 18 years ago when I spent my Junior year of college here.
A quick sketch of my observations:
1. Global, multi-cultural - Like in the U.S., immigration has changed the face of France. This is the face of the global workforce; companies who will succeed will learn how to tap into the power represented by this diversity.
2. Multi-generational - Young and old streamed past with equal levels of focus and intent, if not speed. With the influx of young immigrants and the increasing life expectancy and mobility of older generations, the young and the old are walking, eating, drinking and yes, working, side by side with increasing regularity. Developing flexible and diverse employment programs for these vastly different generations will be a tremendous challenge for the HR function over the coming decades. It will require new roles, new ways of approaching old problems, new management styles, and tremendous marketing and communication.
3. Digital natives - A quick count yields the following:
1 in 6 people were actively talking on the cell phone
1 in 4 (between the ages of 16 and 40) are listening to MP3 players with the telltale white cord hanging from their face
1 in 2 (between the ages of 16 and 25) are listening to their MP3 players that are much cooler looking than the 35 year olds
This is the global talent pool. It���s HR���s calling for the next decade to understand, attract, develop, motivate, reward and retain this new face. Today���s Paris isn���t the Paris of 18 years ago. Like the title of Marshall���s Goldsmith best selling business book ���What Got You Here Won���t Get You There,��� what got HR here, won���t get HR where it needs to go.
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