I had the honor and the pleasure to collaborate on a presentation with Johnson Controls and Haworth at the recent CoreNet Global (corporate real estate professionals) conference in Dallas.  Johnson Controls and Haworth performed global research recently — called OXYGENZ — to find out what Gen Y (aka the Net Generation, Millenials) is looking for in a workplace.

The preliminary results are not particularly surprising, but very interesting.  Visit the Johnson Controls OXYGENZ site if you want to learn more.  In the meantime according to OXYGENZ:

• There are 1.7 billion Gen Yers aged 18 to 25 — that’s 26.9% of the world population
• 95% want an environmentally aware workplace
• 64% prefer to work flexibly and choose when to work
• 78% prefer mobile rather than static work
• They choose a company because of meaningful work, quality of life and work colleagues

I believe these issues will force companies to adapt their old ways of doing business to accommodate this new and exciting generation.  We should start now!

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