Is Gen Y Taking Over Your Company?

Bruce Tulgan is one of the top thinkers in the world of generational differences and intergenerational communication.  In fact, he has served as a mentor to me in this space for the better part of a decade.

On his blog, Bruce recently shared this scenario:

At a major food conglomerate, summer interns are usually given an assignment, such as a big data-entry project, that they can complete during the course of their summer employment.  An executive there shared with me the story of one of his latest interns.  On the first day, she announced she had invented a new cereal. She had a box, complete with artwork and a bag of her cereal inside, that she called her ‘prototype.’ Clearly she had gone to great lengths, including the recipe and nutritional information and preparing a slide show. She wanted to know when she would be able to pitch her idea to senior executives. “The sooner the better,” she said.

Over at the Fast Track blog, we discuss what we'd do if we were this intern's manager.  Check it out and let me know what YOU think.