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 2003) and the many areas where young Americans lack knowledge, such as geographic, historical and political cluelessness.
Bauerlein is even more annoyed because his Gen-Yers are unapologetic about their ignorance. They dismiss the idea that they should have more facts in their heads, and call it a pre-Google and pre-wiki anachronism.
CPS’s position is that Bauerlein has a good case, and is also completely wrong. Gen Y has massive skills gaps in some areas, but is the smartest generation ever in others. Continue reading »
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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 is a key to innovation, corporate earnings, individual wealth and national success in the 21st Century. Continue reading »
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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, or Enron: pick a story, pick a year, pick an amount.
Yet they are all one story. Someone, somewhere is saying “me! give me more… and more… and more”. There is a never-ending stream of takers, hands stretched out for more. Often, when the accounting is done, the hands belong to people who own more houses than they can live in, more cars than they can drive, more clothes than they can wear… but they want more. Continue reading »
Tags: Collaboration, collaborative thinking, ethics, Prosperity
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