The postgenerational workforce: From millennials to perennials

The postgenerational workforce: From millennials to perennials

With five generational categories in the workplace today, companies are challenged to employ a workforce strategy that benefits a multigenerational workforce. On this episode of Capital H, Deloitte’s Jeff Schwartz speaks with Suzan Briganti, CEO and founder of SwarmVision, to hear how her company’s research and work with “innovation profiles” cuts across generations and busts some common misconceptions about innovation across generations. We also examine how leaders can move beyond the generational lens to understand workers based on values rather than age, enhancing the meaning within their careers and promoting alignment with the purpose of the organization.

People, regardless of their age, have psychographics or dimensions or experiences or attributes or capabilities that are relevant for team and organizational performance. That's really what we want to understand, but the other piece we’re looking at is, how do we get the right balance and combination right?

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2020 Global Human Capital Trends

The postgenerational workforce: From millennials to perennials

Looking beyond generation to segment the workforce according to individual behaviors, values, and attitudes can help organizations to meet workers’ needs and expectations in ways that are more meaningful to them and more beneficial to the enterprise.

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Knowledge management: Creating context for a connected world

For organizations that are struggling with knowledge management, new technology solutions can help. But beyond technology, organizations must also help workers understand that sharing their knowledge makes them more relevant, not less.

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