Geeks and Geezers: Bennis and Thomas

I really enjoyed this book, though it did have some slow parts that repeated what was already covered. It compared two generations in the work place and how they are driven by different things. The "geezers" are those in their 70's and older, the Geeks are in their late twenty's and 30's (though this book was written in 2002 so the populations are a little older now)The Geezers are driven by financial security and recognition, they respect their bosses because they are older, not necessary more knowledgeable. The geeks are motivated by meaningful jobs and want to save the world, they want a work, life balance and want their money to come fast (get rich quick ideas) and value leaders at any age as long as they are knowledgeable. The book focused on great leaders all having "neoteny" or child-like wonder. I found it amusing that I had just read "the Genius of Dogs" and this book backs up the same idea "...Neoteny is an evolutionary engine. It is the winning, puppyish quality of certain ancient wolves that allowed them to evolve into dogs. Over thousands of years humans favored those wolves that were the friendliest, the most approachable, the most curious, the least likely to attack without warning, the ones that readily locked eyes with humans and seemed almost human in their eager response to people , the ones, in short, that stayed the most like puppies." (pg151) I would recommend this book :)