Generations at Work for a Better Future

If we are looking in the today’s real-life organizations, we will find out that the main issue is the human capital, with the aging phenomenon, the lack of skilled people and, in generally, that there are difficulties for integrating new generations (called in many cases “digital natives”). The digital natives’ integration challenges are provided especially by the different cultural identities and also by different skills’ set that the members of this generation have. Generally speaking, the native digital has, as the name suggests, better digital skills and is more open minded and flexible in many areas. As the gender issue and socio-economic environment traditional are set up, they have a good level initiative taking. On the other hand they also have weaknesses, in general, associated with the human resilience, such as low patience and low capacity for staying focused longer in a task or project, especially if they did not find often other stimulations, a low degree of being open to learn from the older generations and a higher level of orientation to the more relaxing activities. These weaknesses cumulate with their own identity, which they are trying to build, but are also mixed with the low level of patience from the older generations, especially toward the younger workers. Certainly, the human society, in general, and organizations, in particular, need that all generations live and work together. The different skills’ set is certainly a positive value, and the diversity is a key element for innovations, but for better results, we should work together for a better “Future of Work” and the first step is to try to understand each other better.