President's Page

Abstract

Over the past few years, there has been much anticipation and more than a little industry anxiety concerning the waves of departures of seasoned workers—the “silver tsunami.” Their incoming, less-experienced replacements were certain to arrive at their jobs without the guidance and mentoring necessary to ensure the continuity of leadership and quality work product required by a demanding and high-stakes business. In the September 2007 issue of The Leading Edge, outgoing SEG President Leon Thomsen wrote a President's Page discussing, among other things, SEG's role in facilitating the knowledge transfer from the long-term experienced Earth-science professionals to the younger geophysicists beginning to enter the workforce.