Technolution: How Tech Has Always Changed Culture (and Always Will)

By Rick Chromey | August 29, 2020 |
Technology is starting a new trend called Technolution

TweetShareShare Society changes. Society evolves. Society advances. Technology changes. If you lived in 1400 A.D., life was harsh and short Diseases, viruses, and plagues wiped out whole communities. A family rarely traveled more than a day’s walk. Nearly everyone worked a farm. Wheat, rye, and barley were staple foods. Mysticism, folklore, and Catholic religion guided a…

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What Goes Around Comes Around: How We View Younger Generations

By Rick Chromey | February 24, 2020 |
What goes around comes around in GenTech

TweetShareShareThey’re lazy, entitled, arrogant, non-committal, and disrespectful. That’s how many older people view the youth of today. In a 2019 survey of over 900 leaders, Carey Nieuwhof tapped into the frustration of many elders today.[1] Today’s younger generations are glued to their smartphone, lack loyalty to the company line and want now what took other people…

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Frames and Names: Getting Generations Right

By Rick Chromey | December 30, 2019 |
Framed generations

TweetShareShare When it comes to generations, fuzzy thinking abounds. Just how long is a generation and what do we call it? For the past thirty years, we’ve cast the generations as Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Gen X (1965-1980), Millennials (1981-1995) and Gen Z (1996-?). But those names and frames are highly disputed in the research. The…

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The Space Generation

By Rick Chromey | August 6, 2019 |

TweetShareShareTHE SPACE GENERATION (b. 1950-1970): The race for “space” (between the U.S.S.R. and U.S.) occurred in the late 1950s and 1960s. The Soviets put the first satellite, man and woman in space. They performed the first space walk. America, however, quickly caught up and eventually claimed the biggest prize: putting a man on the moon…

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