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Generations

Knowledge is retiring.
And time is ticking.

When experienced employees leave, they take knowledge that isn't in any wiki. At the same time, younger generations have digital competencies that older ones could benefit from. Workdate builds the bridge.

These companies already use Workdate Generations:
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Knowledge Loss Through Departures

Key employees retire—and with them, decades of experience knowledge that was never documented and can't be Googled.

Generations Without Connection Points

Young and old work in the same company but rarely with each other. There are no formats that bring experience and fresh perspectives together.

Succession Without Transition

Successors are appointed but not prepared. The formal handover happens, but the informal knowledge transfer—the contacts, the experience values, the shortcuts—doesn't.

Reverse Learning is Missing

Younger colleagues bring digital skills and new ways of working—but there's no structured way to pass this knowledge on to more experienced employees.

What's lost can't be repurchased

30%
of the workforce will reach retirement age in the next 10 years. Federal Statistical Office
42%
of knowledge in companies is implicit—meaning it exists only in the heads of individuals. Deloitte
6–9
months it takes on average before successors reach the performance level of their predecessors. SHRM

Workdate connects generations before it's too late

1

Define Formats

Generation Coffee, Reverse Mentoring, or Tandem Matches—you choose how experience and fresh perspectives come together.

2

Match Strategically

Workdate brings experienced and younger colleagues together—automatically, regularly, and in both directions.

3

Measure Knowledge Transfer

See how cross-generational exchange develops—with data on participation, topics, and feedback.

Customer Example · ERGO

How #Generation­Coffee at ERGO Connects Generations

ERGO uses Workdate to regularly bring together experienced employees and younger colleagues across the organization. Through Generation Coffee, employees of different ages and departments meet for virtual coffee breaks—automatically matched by Workdate. After just a few months, the network effect becomes visible: mentoring relationships form organically, knowledge transfers happen naturally, and generational understanding increases measurably.

4
Generations in exchange
600+
Generation Coffee matches
+41%
more understanding between generations
93%
Recommendation rate

How companies use Workdate Generations

Use Case

Generation Coffee

Informal conversations between experienced and younger colleagues—regularly, automatically organized, enriching in both directions.

To Use Case

Reverse Mentoring

Younger employees pass on their knowledge about digital tools, social media, or new work methods to experienced colleagues.

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Succession Tandems

Departing knowledge carriers are strategically networked with their successors—for the informal transfer that no handover documentation covers.

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Experience leaves.
Knowledge stays.

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