Ushering in a Postgenerational Workplace With Mauro Guillén

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.