He makes a point of noting that this generation does not except the loyalties from the companies, with their downsizing, and in turn are not near as loyal to their place of employment. To attract these employees and provide a beneficial workplace environment for them many companies are changing their workplace strategies. Where once you were encouraged to bring your children on a specific day to see where you work, then they came up with the idea of workplace child-care, now the employees are being allowed to bring their pets with them to work. These new Generations X'ers are going to change the face of the workplace creating an environment of excitement and innovation. As long as our economy continues to improve this generation will provide us with many new looks to the old standby workplace.
People work better with little stress.
When humans first appeared on this world, they needed a little stress to survive, to kill the mastodons and live for another season. We really have not changed all that much. Today's workplace requires us to our best as often as possible. Challenge is the motivation environment for excellence. The major reason for stress is when you do not allow for the adjustment period in between major changes.