The fundamental difference between the two groups (if measured at the same point in time--mid to late 20s) is we were prone to wasting time, Millennials complain there isn't enough of it.  While I don't regret for a moment most of my behavior, objectively I'd have to say I admire many of the Millennial traits.  In our defense, however,  I'd offer the lack of instant-and always-on tools we're used to working and playing with now.  "In my day," if you needed to write a report in college about the Pyramids you went to the library and opened an encyclopedia.  Now it's a click and print function.  I guess that's the modern analog to the "I used to walk to school uphill in the snow--both ways."

I bring this up (and date myself) to eventually make a point: I don't see the Millennials apting to and applying social media tools for work, even though they're perhaps the best versed in the technology.  Again, there are notable exceptions but for the most part Millennials don't translate their familiarity with these tools into a competitive differentiator in the office.  Not the way they should be, anyway. It's a curious problem so I asked Megan Maquire Twitter: megan_maquire), who IS one of the notable exceptions why this was the case.   She' tweeted back:

@xylem Why don't Millennials see mrkg potential of social media? Probably b/c most don't see a use for it beyond fun. I'll blog a better ans soon