OC CIO Roundtable Minutes 2-12-09

1993-2009
Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table
February 12, 2009 meeting

Present: John Pringle, Jeff Reid, Sharon Solomon, Sean Brown, Dave Phillips

We started the meeting with a review of the discussion topics that gained the most votes for the coming year, and a draft schedule of speakers for selected topics. Please review the attachment that lists the topics in the order of voting preference and availability of speakers. Check to see if your name is listed as a speaker – if not please contact me ASAP to volunteer. I am looking for volunteers to prepare the introduction to:
Data Retention and Classification, e-discovery - Aug 13, 2009
ERP Implementations – lessons learned - Sept. 9, 2009
The minutes of this and prior breakfasts are available online at the Peer Consulting Group’s website, www.peergroup.net, with links to the presentation material, when available.

Topic: IT Human Capital – Generation Y

John Pringle handed out copies of his presentation (attached) and he used it as a guide to a very interactive discussion. I suggest you open his presentation and refer to it as you read these notes of a very fluid discussion. John's slides are at http://www.slideshare.net/occio . He stated out with a definition of Gen Y – 76 million of them, born 1977-90, 1 in 4 live with a single mother, 3 in 4 with working mothers, online 87%. Check his definition of Gen X, Young Boomers and Old Boomers! Most adults use email and search, but the older you are the less likely you are to use the Internet for anything else beyond e-commerce – less than 20% of adults use SNS (social networking services), and few use online entertainment. It’s not clear how many Gen Y use traditional email, preferring to use IM and cell phones. John had several pages of Gen Y defining characteristics (and the implications for employees), although this could change in the current economic climate. We discussed a few of these, such as their feeling entitled (looking for challenging work), thrive on change (can handle changes), love instant gratification, needy (want constant feedback), high expectations (for themselves, their bosses and companies), question everything (creative independent thinkers), don’t expect to work for the same company for long, work hard for long hours, live and breath technology. We talked about what motivates Gen Y’ers – things like technology innovation, supervisors who listen, flexible schedules. They will stay if they have challenging work, a chance to show off, to live a well balance life and a casual dress work environment. John listed the top web sites that they will visit, including KaZaA (music download) and Facebook. Non-certified skills that increased in value in the 4th quarter of 2008 include NetWeaver Portals (SAP EP), PHP (server-side HTML embedded scripting language for web developers), Apple OSX/Tiger/Leopard and ITIL. He also listed 10 technology developments for the future. Then he gave us a test – if you want a list of the “right” answers, send me an email. John also included a list of his sources for your review.

See you on March 12, 2009 – 7:00 a.m. in the RJTCompuquest conference room at:
940 South Coast Dr., Suite 260, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.It’s opposite the Carl Strauss Brewery on South Coast Dr. If you are driving N on the 405, take the SOUTH COAST DR EXIT, and turn RIGHT on South Coast Dr. If you are driving S on the 405, take the FAIRVIEW EXIT, make a LEFT over the freeway and turn RIGHT on South Coast Dr. Turn LEFT on Greenbrook, and immediately right into the parking lot of 940. Proceed to the 2nd floor to Suite 260.