5 Generations of Workers Walk Into An Office
August 18, 2016
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham
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The buzz: Have you heard the one about...? At no other time in recorded business history have leading organizations had five unique generations working together, with Digital Natives and change-averse, retirement-eying Baby Boomers as the demographic bookends. News flash: HR’s mindset needs to shift soon from a one-size-fits-all, status quo approach to policies and practices that leverage and support the spectrum of strengths, needs, and lifestyles. The experts speak. Susan Steele, IBM: 'Good design is good business' -Thomas J. Watson-. Beth Thiebault, Deloitte: 'Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation' -Simon Sinek-. Harriet Minter, Journalist: 'We've begun to raise daughters more like sons...but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters' -Gloria Steinem-. Dr. Gabriela Burlacu, SAP SuccessFactors: 'Forty is the old age of youth: fifty the youth of old age' -Victor Hugo-. Join us for 5 Generations of Workers Walk into An Office.
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Bonnie D. Graham
Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”
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