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Let's face it, knowledge workers of today's new net generation are different than the cubicle junkies of the past.  The new NetGen is a burst economy rather than a busy economy.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, I highly recommend you read this classic blog entry by Anne Zelenka from Web Worker Daily on Busyness vs. Bursty.

The busyness economy works on face time, incremental improvement, strategic long-term planning, return on investment, and hierarchical control. The burst economy, enabled by the Web, works on innovation, flat knowledge networks, and discontinuous productivity.

The NetGen does not put their faith in traditional corporate hierarchies or authority from power that was bequeathed from ass kissing.   The NetGen does not find their fulfillment from things like job security, a paycheck, and useless titles.  Instead, they are motivated by creativity, innovation, and challenging work.  They do not need to be stuck in a cubicle to be able to concentrate, but instead thrive on open communication and collaboration.  This is essence of social networking.  Sure, social networking started out as a purely social thing, but it's quickly bleeding into work where the lines and separation of life and work will fade.  Below are two great presentations that everyone should watch if you want to understand where the new generation is coming from and where the new enterprise must go.

I Am Knowledge Worker 2.0 - Hear me roar

Liberate your control freaks

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While at the 360 Flex conference in Seattle, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to be on the Flex Show with Jeffry Houser and Adobe Flex evangelist Ryan Stewart.  I am already a regular listener, so it was really cool to get the chance to be live on AIR (bad pun intended).  I just finished listening to this and I was laughing out loud…good times!  Somehow we got off the Flex topic and covered many other things like Guitar Hero, tech evangelism, and even the Zune.  I ended up being on it for the last 20 minutes and I think I may have asked more questions than the hosts; oops, sorry guys.  It is pretty entertaining stuff, so go have a listen and let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: Even though I am doing a fellowship with the SAP Imagineering team, I really don't sound like Mickey Mouse in real life.  I'm not sure what was up with that microphone.  I guess it makes Ryan and Jeff sound more manly be making their guests sound like they just sucked down 10 pounds of helium.

To download, go visit the flex show site directly (and be sure to subscribe!)

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If you are a fan of Minesweeper, you will love this. Thanks to Matthias for passing this along.

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