Barrelling towards a brave new world

Experienced executives need to shed many of their old notions as the digital revolution’s profound implications are realised, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

These days, management theorists seem almost fixated on technology and its influence on a new generation of employees believed by many to be quite different to their predecessors.

Broadly speaking, there are those — a significant group — who believe that the world of work as we have known it is drawing to a close.