SPOTLIGHT: Ushering in a Postgenerational Workplace With Mauro Guillen

Author and professor Mauro Guillén joins the Talent Angle to
explain how generational labels, such as “baby boomers” or
“millennials,” can be counterproductive in the workplace.
Guillén offers an alternative vision of a postgenerational
society and advocates for a workplace in which individuals are
not confined by their age. He urges HR leaders to instill a
“perennial” mindset in their organizations to foster
intergenerational collaboration and engage diverse talent pools.


 




Mauro F. Guillén is one of the most original thinkers at the
Wharton School, where he is a professor of management and
vice dean for the MBA for Executives Program. He combines his
training as a sociologist at Yale and as a business economist
in his native Spain to methodically identify and quantify the
most promising opportunities at the intersection of
demographic, economic and technological developments. He has
received Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, was honored
with the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award, and was
elected to the Macro Organizational Behavior Society and the
Sociological Research Association.


 




Peter Aykens is chief of research in Gartner’s human
resources practice. He is responsible for defining
research coverage within the practice and building and
leading research teams that address clients’ key
initiatives. In prior roles at the firm, he spent over 25
years leading research teams focused on banking and
financial services strategy, producing numerous studies
that addressed business strategy, channels, marketing,
customer experience and product issues in financial
services. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political
science from St. Olaf College; a master’s degree in
international politics from the University College of
Wales, Aberystwyth (now known as Aberystwyth University);
and a master’s degree and a doctorate in political
science from Brown University.