omniGens’s Objective

 

This omniGens blog’s objective is to create a multicultural, multigenerational, multi learning and multi-perspective blog platform to interact, share, learn and support among all age groups.

 

1.    Multicultural and transcultural blog platform :

     

 

The whole global economy has become more globalised, open, integrated, and multicultural.

 

The intention of this blog is created a place for both English and non-English (like Asian) speaking communities to better understand their peers’ cultural working environment, way of working, preferences, communications, mindset, etc. This is useful whether you are working within native English or non English communities or both.

  

2.    Multigenerational and Peer support blog platform :

       

 

To develop into a professional social blog and network for people of different age groups [1]  [2] (like G.I. Generation, Silent Generation, Generation Baby Boomers, Generation Jones, Generation X, Generation Y and Generation Z) to share their knowledge, resources and networks in improving and simplifying our lives.

 

In short, this blog is intended to be a place for us to develop better understanding across different age groups.

 

3.    Multi- learning  or Peer learning blog platform :

       

 

 The learning intention is to create awareness of our differences, perceptive, preference, mindsets, bias and prejudices[3]. Such as sharing objective, educational and scientific backed information in the form of online (News) video, article, research, wiki, professional support groups and network.

 

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4.    Multi-perspective blog platform :

       

 

In any global multicultural and multigenerational workforce and communities can have many different views, preference, skill sets and multi disciplinary expertise.

 

The omniGens blog caters specifically to this diversity. James Ang, The omniGens blogger understand that even within the same family and age group that is bond to have differences on any particular issues.

 

With a change of perception, an individual will see the same issue differently. This fundamental shift in thinking is mentioned as paradigm shifts in Stephen R Covey’s book titled The 7 habits of highly effective people.

 

This platform is a place to help us to improve understanding on ourselves and those around us. Thus, this will achieve win-win situations for all. Furthermore, it helps to prevent and reduce miscommunication, misunderstanding, bias and prejudices.

 

Only then, we will be moving on the right path towards success and real inner happiness [4]   [5].

 

[James Ang is a Generation Y professional blogger (or Gen Y problogger in short) who blogs mainly on innovation, peer learning,  personal development and well beings.]

 

References

 

1. Trend analysis research – Pew Internet & American Life Project on the definition of various age group – Pew Internet on its definition of each Generation – http://www.pewinternet.org/ – Remark: Refer to Pew Internet for more details

                                              

 

 Table showing a list of Generations based on their birth age

Generation Generation	Ages as in year 2009
Online teens	12-17
Gen Y (Millennials)	18-32
Gen X	33-44
Younger Boomers	45-54
Older Boomers	55-63
Silent Generation	64-72
G.I. Generation	73+

                                                 Source: Pew Internet   

  

2. Wiki – Wikipedia on its list of generation – Gives an overview of each generation as defined in America – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generations

3. Self awareness quiz – UnderstandingPrejudice.org on bias and prejudice – Contain quizzes on understanding personal bias and prejudice. Also, contains information related to these area – http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat/

4. Wiki – Wikipedia on happiness – Some collective information on what is happiness and  other related information – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness

5.  Jounral article – Springer Netherlands’s Journal of Happiness Studies [6] -  Understanding Happiness: A Look into the Chinese Folk Psychology on happiness by Luo Lu from Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan – Alternative Chinese definition of happiness. This journal article discuss on the different interpretation of happiness among Chinese. The article discuss on the differences between East and West definition of happiness – http://www.springerlink.com/content/u67330g371h575t1/fulltext.pdf?page=1 - Remark: This is just a 1 page preview. It cost $34 to purchase the whole journal.

Additional information and Disclaimer

James Ang, the Gen Y problogger of The omniGens Blog and The omniGens Blog is independent from SprinkLink Journal, Luo Lo and Kaohsiung Medical University. Thus, the blogger does not gain any benefits like financial benefits from any purchase or sales of the journals, its product and services. Neither the blogger nor The omniGens Blog will be held liable in any form for the content, result of using the product, services and journal, and accuracy of the product, services and journal.

For Luo Lo’s contact information like email address, fax and phone number, please go to http://www.springerlink.com/content/u67330g371h575t1/. Fyi, I am not sure whether this is the updated contact information.

6.  Jounral article – Springer Netherlands’s Journal of Happiness Studies – This consists of a list of journal articles and journal writers who focus on the happiness and well being related topics  – http://www.springerlink.com/content/104910/?p=6d9dadffd43f44a6a832c85583b2db19&pi=0

 

[James Ang is a Generation Y professional blogger (or Gen Y problogger in short) who blogs mainly on innovation, peer learning,  personal development and well beings.]

 

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