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The Big Idea Series/Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce
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Anuj Shrestha
Age and generational issues
The Big Idea Series/Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce

Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity

Generational identity should be a source of learning, not division. by Megan W. Gerhardt, Josephine Nachemson-Ekwall and Brandon Fogel

March 8, 2022
The Big Idea Series  /  Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce

Summary.   

Conflict between generations is an age-old phenomenon. But at the end of 2019, when the retort “OK, Boomer” went viral, the vitriol — from both young people who said it and older people who opposed it — was pointed and widespread.

Read more on Age and generational issues or related topics Collaboration and teams, Leading teams, Diversity and inclusion, Inclusion and belonging, Cross-cultural management and Workplace discrimination
The Big Idea Series  /  Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce
Read more on Age and generational issues or related topics Collaboration and teams, Leading teams, Diversity and inclusion, Inclusion and belonging, Cross-cultural management and Workplace discrimination

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