by Lance Pauker | Oct 24, 2011 | Featured, Generational cohorts & differences, Trends and cultural shifts
All Millennials are not alike. And, amongst us there exists a select group of individuals, from select geographic pockets (often suburbs of New York, Boston, Philadelphia DC, South Florida, Bay Area, Los Angeles) that I’d like to label as Gatsby Elites. It might not...
by Lance Pauker | Oct 13, 2011 | Featured, Generational cohorts & differences, How we live, Trends and cultural shifts
The hashtag, which started out as a twitter-centric device to spur interactive conversation around a common theme or topic, has transcended its original purpose and arguably become incorporated into GenY’s vernacular as a communicative meme. Although the hashtag has...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | Oct 9, 2011 | Featured, Generational cohorts & differences, Trends and cultural shifts
I couldn’t help but nearly recite the definition for intuition. I was downtown having lunch with two of my former students (when living in London I had balanced consulting with teaching Intro to Marketing at NYU in London) and we had stumbled into a discussion...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | Sep 11, 2011 | Featured, How we live, Trends and cultural shifts
Over the past week, I’ve been listening to the personal stories of victims of the crash on the World Trade Center on the radio. Although 9/11 nearly instantly became an event that connected New York with America and America with the rest of the world, albeit each...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | Sep 5, 2011 | Featured, How we live, Trends and cultural shifts
Labor Day. The last day of summer vacation. Officially, yes. But in practice, no more. During the nine years we lived in the UK, Labor Day seems to have lost much of its meaning as the flow of summer changed in the US with shifting school calendars. Whether you’re...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | Aug 3, 2011 | Featured, Generational cohorts & differences, How we live, Trends and cultural shifts
As far as I know, modern rules of etiquette still dictate that mobile phones, tablets, etc. should not be used at the dinner table. But more and more I’m finding that when the conversation becomes truly engaging, someone always reaches for an electronic device to look...
