Comment from Charles Bess on 2007-10-23

2007-10-23T12:53:07Z

I've asked a question for a while related to this topic. Does anyone expect the replacement workers to be less productive than the baby boomers? The baby boomers (in many cases) built the industries they are retiring from. They have built in knowledge they can use to quickly make decisions. Unless organizations invest in knowledge capture and knowledge management productivity will go down.

Another issue is that many of the jobs are "in the field" and the traditional knowledge access tools will be insufficient. These new workers will need to get the right information at the right time, in the right place...

On the other hand the new workers will have new ideas and those should be captured in the field as well. so that others can take advantage of their new perspective.

Comment from jackvinson on 2007-10-23

2007-10-23T14:25:32Z

Charlie - I think what you are asking is similar to the angle I covered with the reporter on this article. Sure, there are a lot of people retiring soon, which represents lots of talent and manpower. Not only that, they are taking with them a long history in their companies and industries which cannot be replicated by filling the position with junior employees.

What I struggle with is finding good statistics that talk about the productivity impact. We've all seen the sheer numbers of people to be retiring, but I'd like to see the next level of analysis that estimates productivity of these current employees and of their "replacements."

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