@ Mark
First let me candidly say that I really appreciate the recommendation. I am delighted not only that you read the blog, but that it inspired a thought process and a conversation with respect to Generation Y.
I will freely admit that some of the language you chose in your comment did not resonate with me, and for that reason I apologize if this response does not facilitate the growth of this discussion further. However, I always feel that it is necessary to respond to those engaging in your work.
The blogs I chose to highlight are clearly members of Generation Y that are responsible professionals who are going to ask plenty of WHY's in an effort to understand how it impacts the ME's of the world.
Certainly they will draw from the Seth Godin's and the Tom Peters' of the world because those guys did it first; they were the leaders just as this Generation Y will learn from them and grow and evolve so that they are leading the next generation. They will lead themselves, when they're ready. Clearly, some of them are already on the verge (i.e. Casnocha and Schwabel).
Gen Y will continue to contradict itself though because they're out for themselves, but they understand that to succeed they have to understand each other, they have to understand their consumers. They are just not convinced they have to understand Baby Boomers, or Gen X.
Maybe better than any generation before them, Gen Y understands both the WHY's and the YOU's as long as the end result is the benefit of ME.
May 15, 2008 at 1:41pm
Ryan Stephens