Before you get your feather ruffled over this topic, let me explain what I decided to post it. During the last four years, I have interviewed 100s of global CIOs for both www.enterpriseleadership.org and www.btmexchange.org. I continue to find more older laid off CIOs who are in transition, as they all it. . It took one CIO almost two years to find a position. I recently interviewed a CIO from a major insurance company who promotes an open email dialogue with him. Most of his email is about what to do with IT professionals who have been with the company 20 years or 30 years. He has found that young IT professionals will take the initiative to learn new things on their own. On the other, older IT professionals did to be told what they should learn. So..what do you think -- Elizabeth Ferrarini -- www.enterpriseleadership.org