What follows, then, are eyewitness accounts of how serious companies are conducting seriously radical experiments with young people in the workplace. You don't have to hire your own kiddie corps to learn from these experiments. But you do have to open your eyes -- and your mind. Prepare to feel obsolete. It's the first step towards moving ahead.
Elizabeth Weil (lweil@interaccess.com) writes on youth and culture from Chicago. Her work has appeared in "Rolling Stone," "The New York Times Magazine," "Mademoiselle," and other publications.
Autodesk : "Who's Teaching Whom?"
Xerox Parc: "Brainstorming the Future"
Compaq: "Cruise (Out of) Control"
Digital: "Little Hands Teach Big Hands"
Xerox: "Workscapes of the Future"