Worlds of the Gen X DotComs

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Worlds of the Gen X DotComs
Ferals
Workshop
Central College of TAFE 25th Sept 2006
Mt Lawley WA

• Annimac / Anni Macbeth
• Futurist Trend Forecaster
• www.annimac.com.au

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Rate of Change exponential

• 5 secs - new web site
• 5 mins - new technology
• each day - 15 million new web pp
• Amount of change now in 1 day
• grandparents had in 1 year
• Younger means faster

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Im never having kids. I hear they take
nine months to download.
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Driving all Change Technology

• By 2020
• 70 of job types
• do not exist now
• 
  because

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Driving all Change Technology

• By 2020
• 80 technology then
• not imagined yet

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Imagine what some of
those jobs might be .. ?
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Likely jobs in next 15 years

• Director of Emerging Thought
• Chief Zookeeper - of people
• Creative Lifestyle Coach
• Nano Nutritionist
• Virtual Personal Trainer
• Chief Imagination Officer
• Hacker Relations Manager
• Valuer of Intangible Assets
• Human Interface Manager
• 
  Exists
  2003

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Generations see the world
differently The gap is
widening
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Generations

• Baby Boomers 1945 60 age 45
  60
• Generation X 1960 75
  30 - 45
• DotComs 1975 90
  15 - 30
• Ferals 1990 now
  to 15
• Generation X 1960 80
  25 45
• Generation Y 1980 now
  to 25
• wikipedia

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Ask yourself What does this mean
for TAFE

• Right now
• Into the future
• For students
• For staff
• For industry

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Baby Boomers
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Baby Boomers 45 - 60

• Downsizing lives
• Empty nesters
• Retired or part time work
• Male identity from job
• Questioning material status

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Baby Boomers 45 - 60

• Sense of community
• Seek new safe experiences
• Security Health conscious
• Defer to authority
• Love / hate change

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Impact for TAFE Baby Boomers
45 - 60

• Winding down leisure indulgence
• Group oriented - volunteers
• Respect rank
• Steady relationships
• Need
• relationship continuity
• organising
• safe familiar experiences
• positive group identity

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Gen Xers
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Generation Xers 30 - 45

• Single Childless
• Net Dating
• Varied lifestyles
• Varied workstyles
• SOHO

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Generation Xers 30 - 45

• Risk takers Personal journey
• Fast decisions
• Materialism assumed
• Environmental values
• Defer to heroes
• Expect accept change

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Impact for TAFE Generation X
30 - 45

• Individual attention
• Short term projects
• Fast action Results oriented
• Need
• choices flexibility
• short term results
• complete stand alone
• skills oriented
• demand quality of experience

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DotComs
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DotComs 15 - 30

• Own path
• Temporary pairing
• Group socialising
• Internet relationships
• Wired Immediacy
• No home
• No single careers

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DotComs 15 - 30

• I.d. from activity
• Multi channeled Multi actions
• Planetary group mission
• Temporary deference
• Need change

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Impact for TAFE DotComs
15 - 30

• Passionate value driven
• Team personal relationships
• Short term fast involvement
• Multi channel activities
• Need
• choices no spin
• very short term
• flexibility innovation
• real positive outcomes

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Ferals
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Ferals 0 - 15

• Wild Child
• No limits No boundaries
• Planetary mission
• to create sustainable world
• Wired
• Parallel universes
• Unlimited mind channels
• Intuitive telepathic

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Ferals to 15

• Future jobs unimportant
• Non consumers
• Global i.d. from self values
• No deference
• Respect only when useful
• Live change ignore barriers

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Ferals
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Impact for TAFE Ferals
to 15

• Expect freedom to create
• Expect new relationships patterns
• Virtual world
• Need
• personal power trust
• clear values nb super spin
  detectors
• no rules no hindrance
• ICT resource access
• multi channel everything

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Summary Impact for TAFE

• rapid rate of change
• generational differences increasing
  
• major shift in values
  attitudes
• everything relationship based
• younger generations drive change
• Need
• options for learning
• short fast everything
• less bureaucracy
• more group power
• individual responsibility

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Facing the future at Central TAFE
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thank you www. annimac.com.au