We’ve just reached the end of a really difficult year. Most of you are probably glad to see it go. I know I am. With its demise I can’t help but wonder what lies ahead. No one really knows how long will it take for our economy to stabilize and for unemployment to move back to a more bearable 6% rate, but those aren’t the only changes in store for people who work in corporate America. A new book—What’s Next, Gen X? Keeping Up, Moving Ahead, and Getting the Career You Want by McKinsey author, Tamara Erickson—looks at the research, changing demographics and shifting employee values to suggest some of the alterations that are likely to take place over the next 15 years, some of which are already evident.