Briefcases to Backpacks

As predicted in my last book, Surviving the Talent Exodus -2011, customs and attitudes are changing faster than most people realize. Twenty years ago, most business people would never enter a corporate board room with a backpack slung over one shoulder. In fact, we took pride in the fine leather briefcase and its distinctive, audible click as we unlocked and opened it prior to an important meeting. A backpack certainly would have been a contradiction to the fine, dark suit and the serious message it was meant to convey....

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