Publisher Description
One of the most profound changes in business and society is the emergence of the post-Millennial generation, Gen Z. While every new generation has faced its share of disruption in technology, economics, politics and society, no other generation in the history of mankind has had the ability to connect every human being on the planet to each other and in the process to provide the opportunity for each person to be fully educated, socially and economically engaged. What might this mean for business, markets, and educational institutions in the future? In this revolutionary new book, The Gen Z Effect: The Six Forces Shaping the Future of Business, authors Tom Koulopoulos and Dan Keldsen delve into a vision of the future where disruptive invention and reinvention is the acknowledged norm, touching almost every aspect of how we work, live and play. From radical new approaches to marketing and manufacturing to the potential obliteration of intellectual property and the shift to mass innovation, to the decimation of our oldest learning institutions through open source and adaptive learning, The Gen Z Effect provides a mind-bending view of why we will need to embrace Gen Z as the last, best hope for taking on the world’s biggest challenges and opportunities, and how you can prepare yourself and your business for the greatest era of disruption, prosperity, and progress the world has ever experienced.
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“Working with some of the world’s largest retailers I see first hand how
critical it is to understand and integrate The Gen Z Effect into an
organization’s strategy for growth. Tom and Dan provide a clear view of
the disruptive force that Gen Z is already having on our businesses and
our world, as well as the sort of future we can all look forward to.” ?
—
Stephanie Fischer, president and CEO of the Global Retail Marketing Association
About the Authors
Thomas Koulopoulos is
the founder of the Delphi Group, which for twenty years has been providing
thought leadership to global organizations on the intersection of business and
technology. Named one of the industry’s most influential information management
consultants by InformationWeek
magazine, he is a recognized author on the subject, frequently appearing in
national and international print and broadcast media, including Businessweek, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes,
the Economist, CNBC, CNN, and NPR.
Tom is the author of several books, including The Innovation Zone, Smartsourcing,
and Cloud Surfing.
Dan Keldsen has over twenty years of experience working as a consultant, analyst and technology strategist. Dan co-led groundbreaking research on attitudinal differences and alignment between boomers and millennials in one of the earliest Enterprise 2.0 research projects while at AIIM. He has contributed to Business Model Generations by Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, and The New Small by Phil Simon. He is a frequent speaker and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and InformationWeek.