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Solutions 21 Weekly Insights
If you can only read one thing this week...
Old dog, new tech
by Rob O'Donnell | Posted on July 19th, 2016
Albert is the most recent addition to the Solutions 21 team and he’s a genius. I’m impressed by the way he can nimbly surf the virtual universe for the right combination of productivity tools that simplify work life and keep everyone rowing together. It’s great to have him on our side until, of course, he turned his sizable intellect toward MY work habits.
Here’s the rub: I’m closer to 60 than he is to 40. We are a classic Boomer-Millennial pairing in the throws of succession and “knowledge transfer” — the stuff we work through with clients everyday. But when Albert changed my communication platform, things didn’t look or act the same. Without warning, Albert had destroyed my working paradigm, causing me to put in time I didn’t have trying to get my hands around his way of doing business. The nerve of that upstart!
A little history: I fancy myself a tech-savvy Boomer. I have an iPhone, iPad, and MacBook that all talk to each other and seem to get along. I even have a Twitter account! So, I chaffed at the notion that somehow I was a stumbling block! Albert never said that (he’s a gifted diplomat). I, however, drew that conclusion from the lost weekend I spent trying to find important emails and getting my calendar to sync.
So, like every good Boomer, I demanded a sit-down with this perpetrator to either go back to what I had or have him walk me through this new setup step-by-step. Read the rest at the Solutions 21 Blog >
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