Expert explains generational work dynamics from @nytmag
Interviewer Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks author Brené Brown to elaborate on generational differences at work. Brown explains that Gen X and Gen Z have different upbringings and definitions of success, leading to organizational complexity. She reflects on being a Gen X parent to Gen Z children, noting that her generation tried to protect their kids from trauma but may have inadvertently shielded them from necessary adversity. Brown concludes by identifying a key trait of Gen Z: their need to understand the 'why' behind a task, contrasting it with the 'because I said so' approach Gen X experienced.
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Transcript
You keep on bringing something up though that I do think is really interesting, which are the generational differences that we're seeing in the workplace and how different generations view work and what work is supposed to do and what work isn't supposed to do. Can you just expand on that a little, what you've seen and what and what your thinking around that is? I I do think there is complexity, organizational complexity tier intergenerational work. I think we're different. I think that we know
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