Why Millennials failed to transform work

Five years ago, while I was living in New York and working on a piece about Millennials’ workplace demands, I got a call from the CEO of Liftopia, Evan Reece, asking if I could interview him for the article. Reece’s start-up scooped up unpurchased ski lift tickets at a discounted price and then sold them to non-ski resort members. Evan told me while one goal was to let people shred on a budget, his broader ambition was creating a “new Millennial-inspired workplace.”

Confident that he was laying the foundation for a professional revolution, Reece offered to fly…