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 # Not Your Grandparent’s Workplace: What Makes Millennials Tick

 


 

 Oct 10, 2014 9:05 AM ET

 [Original article on TriplePundit](http://bit.ly/1o1vogU)

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The global workplace is a changing dynamic these days, and no sector of the population knows this better than the millennial generation. Born at the tail end of the 20th century, a time best known for the advent of the clunky but versatile personal computer, the Walkman and equally hefty video cassette recorder, millennials have inherited a global workplace that belies a the personal me-ism of yesterday’s standards.

In fact, the workplace of today is increasingly more diverse, digitally adept and technically focused than ever before. And the 20 to 35 year-olds that are currently driving that innovation, says Nicolette Van Exel, SAP’s head of the [Emerging Entrepreneur Initiative](http://global.sap.com/corporate-en/news.epx?PressID=20324), know this high-paced arena is no longer their grandparent’s marketplace.

“\[This\] millennial generation grew up with access to information like never before,” said Van Exel. “It is a very, very conscious generation.”

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