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Article: Put generation Y on your front line.(Management Insider: Interior Design)

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GENERATION Y is as an absolute blessing to our industry. While the social media groundswell rises and learning curves are stressed, guess who just gets it? Gen Y We call it social media; they call it hanging out with friends. It's just what they do. We call it social media so we can frame a conversation. Call it social media to them, and they look at you like your head is put on crooked. They are a blessing in that they just get things done.

I find this generation to be driven, focused, ambitious, hardworking and downright challenging at times. Frankly, these are all characteristics I want in a team member. Are they hard to relate to? Not if ...

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