Michele Guttenberger, MPM
The start of many projects was made possible by good brainstorming sessions. Once a project has been initiated that newly formed project team may meet up again in other brainstorming sessions. Being certified experienced project leaders, we have honed in on this skill of the proverbial “putting our heads together”. The Project Manager is a skilled listener. We interpret what was said assigning an impact level to it sending it off to task managers and shareholders on the project. We have the big picture that comprehends what change is needed in the interconnecting network of predecessor or successor roles.
However, there are new frontiers in brainstorming communications. With new technology there are different arenas in communications that eliminates the “let’s put our head together” in the same place and at the same time.
The Boomer age of Project leadership needs to facilitate a team in a virtual environment too or they exclude innovative minds of rising professional millennials. According to Forbes the latest workforce generation has been reared in an extraordinarily different world than prior generations. Millennials grew up enveloped with computers and cell phones. Their 2018 survey states eighty percent of Millennials sent a text message in the last 24 hours, compared to 63% of Gen X-ers and only 35% of Baby Boomers. This new workforce generation have fewer experience with face to face connection which makes engaging them in brainstorming team networks a challenge
许多项目的开始都是通过出色的头脑风暴会议实现的。一旦项目启动，新组建的项目团队可能会在其他的头脑风暴会议上再次碰面。作为经过认证的经验丰富的项目领导者，我们已经磨练了众所周知的“集思广益”的技能。项目经理是一个熟练的倾听者。我们解释所说的话，为它指定一个影响级别，将它发送给项目的任务经理和相关人士。我们有一个大的蓝图，它便于让我们理解在前任或继任角色在相互连接的网络中需要什么进行什么变化。
然而，头脑风暴交流出现了很多新的方式。随着新技术的发展，通信领域有了不同的形式，这就消除了“让我们在同一时间和同一地点集思广益”的问题。
婴儿潮一代（1945-1965年出生）的项目领导人也需要在虚拟环境中促进团队的发展，否则他们就会排斥正在崛起的千禧一代（1980-2000年出生）专业人士的创新思维。据《福布斯》报道，最新一代劳动力与前几代人相比，成长于一个截然不同的世界。千禧一代在电脑和手机的包围下长大。他们2018年的调查显示，80%的千禧一代在过去24小时内发送了短信，而x世代（1965-1980年出生）的这一比例为63%，婴儿潮一代的这一比例仅为35%。新一代的员工缺乏面对面交流的经验，这使得他们参与团队网络的头脑风暴成为一个挑战。
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