What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work -- and vice versa | Chip Conley

For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, says entrepreneur Chip Conley. What would happen if we got intentional about how we all work together? In this accessible talk, Conley shows how age diversity makes companies stronger and calls for different generations to mentor each other at work, with wisdom flowing from old to young and young to old alike.
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[@floralirony]

I think a step not mentioned is that everyone first must throw aside their pride and have an open mind to ideas they haven't heard of before. For the old workers and the young. That is the only way to have fruitful discussions between people of different backgrounds and age groups.

[@TheReddances]

Bam! And far too rare in my obseervations, from all demographics, unfortunately

[@StaggerLee68]

Boomers are incapable of that.

[@acrowdofone6075]

@@StaggerLee68 Oh shut up.

[@becool365]

Honestly, in the UK it really doesn't feel like this. I feel severely disadvantaged for being young and I don't have the opportunities and security older generations had.

[@12skippy21]

I think the viewpoints he expresses are mostly in the technological field where youth have had the advantage. In the older industries and larger organisations, experience is still king, as is appropriate networking. I would advise never to pass up doing tasks no-one else will do and take charge of the tasks you are given. While there is a certain degree of luck and the atmosphere surrounding the company you work for, aim for a higher management role in your late 20s, early 30s. Learn everything you can.

[@bjkarana]

The notion that jobs used to be secure is an illusion. There was a brief period in the '50s and 60's when mostly men could expect to retire from the job they took as a young man, but that's it, whether it be in the US or UK. The best way to make your own future secure is to find a skill that is not easily replaced, but that's easier said than done. Otherwise, be flexible in your skillset, and try to invest your surplus so you have a cushion for the leaner times.

[@bronney]

It has to do with how replaceable is each of us at the time of replacement. First, if you're comparing correctly as you worded it, you have to notice when the older gens were in their 20s, there were no internet. To hire someone to replace a person actually takes way more effort and risk. There's no guarantee the replacement is actually worthwhile. This is the same for today, however, the speed at which to replace the replaced can also be accelerated because internet. So it's easier to patch it, if there's a problem, without escalating so that management "feels" the problem. There's hope however, and it's a thing I learned working for myself the past 6 years, is that "hard work", actual work and attitude, can't be replaced. Because the majority of us is lazy and selfish. Therefore, if you choose to be lazy, you will be competing with the majority, which isn't optimal. To rise up, all it takes is hard work and a good attitude. Remember though, most of us is lazy. Where you wanna be is totally your choice. Make the right choice, and you will win. This sound very BS when my father and grandma said it. But after actually doing it, the results speak for themselves. Good luck.

[@bjkarana]

@@bronney very true. Work ethic has saved my butt at least a half a dozen times from being cut, and when I've managed people, you know exactly who takes initiative and ownership of their work and who doesn't.

[@bjkarana]

@@polarisnorth4875 yeah, that's annoying for sure. If your job promotes via a competitive means (not just years of service), make these older folks a personal case study. See what skills they excel at, perhaps not email, but others, and master those skills yourself.

[@bjkarana]

At my first job out of college, there were a few old bucks who really helped us out because they'd seen it all before. One particularly salient memory was when the CEO stopped by to deliver a financial report and pep talk, and so this CEO is going on and on about how great things are and how many opportunities were opening up. Great news, right? One older guy in the room then raises his hand and says, "You're talking a lot about new jobs and advancement, but we all have degrees in science and engineering, are these new positions needing those skills?" The CEO paused, and furtively said "Um, no, it's mostly computer software development and IT." So, my 23-year-old self quickly realized that the CEO really had no idea what our particular office branch actually did, and was simply throwing out words that sounded good.

[@gateyuan]

bjkaran

[@WS-gw5ms]

This sounds like 9/10 meetings I've been in. I think management often views success by meetings per quarter.

[@tarotofhappiness8402]

!!!!!!!

[@donnawoodford6641]

I like that we can learn from each other. Imagine you're on the Star Trek Voyager and everyone's contribution is important for survival in a future, unknown world. Everyone is adventurous and exploring. How exciting to apply that scenario and curiosity to your workplace!

[@SkyEmuse]

This is great 👍 I am one of the in between at 32, and finding along with others in the same boat, we are spending a lot of our time being the bridge between the baby boomers and the millennials.

[@sherrydee7880]

Maybe when the power goes out & the current world comes to a halt, you can follow a boomer into the wild & see how they gather native plants in order to survive without the luxury of a fully stocked grocery store. If you gather some wood & bring it back to camp, we could share stories & recipes of the "old days" when we had rolling blackouts on a moments notice & the stores all closed before 9pm. I can show you how to gut a deer or a wild boar, but I can't shoot straight. Your young eyes would help us both to survive.

[@MinkytheMinkY]

@@sherrydee7880 thanks, got that covered, by KZbin I already grow my own food, can diy clothes and furniture. But yeah, just learned to distill from an elder. He too advocates KZbin before going to him.

[@sherrydee7880]

@@MinkytheMinkY - Good to hear that you have things covered. Never rely on water. Know how to collect it via condensation methods. Growing food could be a luxury when water is in short supply. So, please have a B & C plan because the internet won't always be at your beck & call (fingertips)! Having a small book to id edible & medicinal plants is a good thing to keep with you, IMHO!

[@nicklasmuchow5248]

At 32 you are a millennial by definition.

[@eletemmorzsaiblog]

I went to a meeting last night. I am 30 and met people from the beginning of their 20's. There is a huge difference between us but they are just 7-8 years younger. Very interesting talk

[@mikbuster]

I feel like he lives in a different world than me. I endure listening to some of the most repressive garbage from my 'elders' all the time, daily. I can't take any 'wisdom' from them because it comes packaged with things like "women are lesser than men. It comes packaged with a mentality of "respect your elders because they're old" rather than "respect everyone because they're people". My coworkers aren't listening to diverse opinions, they're belittling of any difference. Diversity only improves a company if the company listens to diversity.

[@mikbuster]

@@johnnormal1422 actually, yes. A retired Marine married to a retired Marine has repeatedly said things to the effect of women being inferior. As far as belittling of diverse opinions, I've been belittled for not joining in political talk and called a liberal. So, yeah, it's probably all in my head that my "elders" don't respect diverse opinions.

[@fmayer1507]

People of all ages are individuals. Real progressives do listen and do not put people in boxes. I am over sixty and all my workers and students, many who are twenty to thirty years old, respect me and have said so in anonymous ratings. I worked many years in the military, government, corporate world and now I am in academia. I do understand the technology and I have the respect of all of the people because I do respect them in return. I feel relevant because I stay on top of modern technology and I have never quit learning. I firmly believe that you cannot manage what you do not know, and I know leadership and management is both an art and a science. Additionally, I had years of human relations and equal opportunity training throughout my career. All this continual learning makes a big difference.

[@mikbuster]

@@fmayer1507 I'm not putting them "in boxes" because of their age. I explicitly mention listening to my coworkers. So if listening is the benchmark for being progressive, I guess I am. As far as respect... "Sometimes people use 'respect' to mean 'treating someone like a person' and sometimes they use 'respect' to mean 'treating someone like an authority.' And sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say 'If you won’t respect me I won’t respect you' and they mean 'if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person.' And they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."

[@anemicos1]

Actually I work in the construction sector where its incredible hard share experiences with older people and generally " women are lesser than men" its the way in which I ve been working for almost one year!

[@chemp231]

@@johnnormal1422 I've seen sexism that was delt with because the person was raised that way. I've also seen older people not even look at proof or watch it be done infront of them because they dont want to believe it. Sometimes its things as simple as why to not yell at their dog while rewarding them... but its their dog so theyll raise it their way.( it still wont listen to you is the joke i get out of it but i still feel bad for the dog that dont know any better.) Or why you shouldn't treat your workers like crap, then he has no crew and rushes what crew he has, half the crew he has quit and he is in trouble and spends more money going through a temp agancy. I quit right before and the temp agancy didn't last.

[@alexwr]

Great talk with valuable points :) Although I would like to point out that the idea that diversity dramatically increasing profit or performance in a company is a great headline, but hasn't back it up with any meaningful data. In a 2016 study, Alice Eagly finds that "research findings are mixed, and repeated meta‐analyses have yielded average correlational findings that are null or extremely small." It's unfortunately another of those things that certain social activists have latched onto and misinterpreted data... But hey, there isn't any data about it reducing quality either, and if you have an international business, I have no doubt that insights from a more diverse group might be more valuable given the right circumstance!

[@alphastrength3402]

Nice doc

[@halparis4770]

5 generation's is 140 years! He has to mean 5 decades.....Good talk. We have so much to learn from each other if we will just be curious, learn to listen, and maybe even be inspired to wonder.

[@stefanravalli6940]

I've heard a generation be considered as little as 20 years. However, I think he's referred to the titled generations, i.e. baby boomers, gen x, gen y, millenials, and gen z. That would make 5.

[@tobangafeufeu]

a really good TED talk again, who would have thought...

[@wylona2494]

I feel like at this point millenials and baby boomers are catch-all buzzwords for young people and old people. I'm a millennial and I'm 30 but people talk about my generation as if we're all teenagers. Likewise a lot of times I hear people bashing baby boomers for things that the generation *before* boomers did.

[@binklebabe4725]

👏👏👏👏👏 Bravo. Well said!

[@millaarts4294]

The generation before Boomers is fought in WWII and i never heard any bashing towards them.

[@tarotofhappiness8402]

Well, first of all you are a rare Gen-X, if you are 30. Federal demographers define Gen-X as being born between 1971 and 1995. 18-30 year olds being Millennials is an advertising pitch, not a generation--membership in that cohort changes every year. There were fewer than 34,000,000 Gen-X born in the USA. 100,000,000 Millennials follow you, and 72,000,000 Baby Boomers are older than you. It is no wonder at all that you feel picked on! Birth control cut your generation in half.

[@tarotofhappiness8402]

@@millaarts4294 Oh? They were insulted as Okies and Arkies and as Hillbillies. Look at old episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies, if you really believe they were treated well. 30% of that generation starved to death during the Great Depression. Each of my grandmothers went through seeing 50% of their children die. My mom and my dad were Silent Generation members. Mom was killed by a car at 36, & Dad died of his first heart attack at 63. Baby Boomers tend not to speak ill of their ancestors because they were whipped for being disrespectful. That was before whipping a child was defined as child abuse.

[@jessicalcameron5863]

Wylona, I feel this too! I am also a millennial, 28 years old. I feel like many boomers think of us as teenagers due to the fact that our generation peaked (as do they all) when we were teenagers so we’re stuck in that realm of time in their minds. I don’t think it has anything to do with boomers and millennials but to all generations that came before the following. They forever see them as they first had a voice. Just my opinion.

[@kurtilein3]

As a recruiter in IT, talking with stakeholders and candidates every day, i have to call bullshit on this entire talk. As long as potential employees are willing and able to work for 3-5 years, everything is alright. This counts for permanent employment, for freelancers this goes out of the window.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Remember the 2 basic agenda in any strategic plan or project. Time is money and good help is hard to find, unless your Somphoth Boby Siratsamy on TEDtalks.

[@blankdot6034]

I love this ! I don't understand all the negativity in the comment section :/

[@irri3191]

Ever sentence focuses your view stepped cleared sight of my mind sharpening previous view. Outstanding !🤗

[@lonewolfnh89]

I'm only here cause I have 4 baby boomers in my security work. I'm starting to get fed up with them.The ones who have their life in order I don't mind, the ones who hate their job, their life and are always bitter I have no sympathy for.

[@dominickoquin3849]

Can’t microwave your emotional intelligence

[@Anuzyx]

This ted talk reads like a video resume of the speaker

[@walkerlocker6126]

What I wouldn't give to have had a mentor like that. Sadly at my jobs, all the wise elders we're office people who we hardly ever saw.

[@Rocki5pr]

If he had not 'skipped' over the early AirBnB business plan (ie. it did not have much to do with home-sharing) before they pivoted into the business we know now; he might have demonstrated the "vice versa" part of this talk even more concretely.

[@WS-gw5ms]

This looks smaller than my first grade winter play.

[@AMBIKARANI]

A new perspective.

[@MinkytheMinkY]

wisdom, got it. No brainer. Took forever to get to any substance regarding the ways in which intergenerational coworking spaces are beneficial. Talked more about age differences in working spaces than generational culture differences and values. Could've started off with talking about high touch and high tech or "processes". I actually wanted to learn about this subject. Disappointed. Please point me to more info.

[@andre2679]

CTL+C is to copy. CTL+V is to paste. Please god learn this.

[@bjkarana]

F5 to refresh!

[@andre2679]

bjkarana CTL+S to save. They always seem to lose allllll their work.

[@lilcolgatevert3715]

boomers can't even change the clock on a microwave. You expect them to learn this?

[@kaylaknuckles343]

My job revolves around this and it’s actually painful to sit with someone who right-clicks twice. It’s gotta add at least a minute of clicking time to their calls. 😂

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

I guess out of all this, We need diversity management in interpersonal analytics

[@erellg5375]

that was really interesting thank you

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Sociologically procuring, from the highest hierarchy to employees to students to youths.

[@worldoficeethonekamrs4103]

Inside of 20 years when the average working millennial is closing in on retirement age. Another generation will raise up. And be at odds with the millennials. Pushing them and their ideas to the side. Just as they are doing with baby boomers. The baby boomers did it to the generation before them. And this pattern has always been and will always be the case.

[@Personnenenparle]

Love it! Lets try! I'm a millenial, 24 yo, mechanical engineering student, with quite a big amateur background in almost everything revolving around science, technology, electronics, psychology, sociology and my curiosity got me to learn stuffs .. crazy amount of stuff.. But i need help! Im struggling to prioritize the right things... i spend hours developping custom tools for projects that dont always matter.. i waste huge amount of time on useless things.. I need to change the way i think. I've done it before, i know how to change the flow of my toughts, but i dont know what i should shape it into. If you have an healthy sain, productive, creative mind, and you chose the way you think, please tell me!

[@irri3191]

Goals minimums list and enjoyment. Most versions of waste of time off and aren't anything can expand yourself. but choosing

[@irri3191]

But using the subjects in which you chew want to explore is often a huge benefit.Stumbling upon and seeking others who may have new Vantage points to incite areas you would have never thought to look great way of finding those areas.

[@irri3191]

Why simple list includes one important thing that I must get done generally that the outside world is impressing upon me like renewing driver's license paying a Big Bill seeing a doctor what have you.

[@irri3191]

Second on the list is something minor got to do clean my room laundry get a haircut somebody just need to do

[@irri3191]

Third but these aren't in any order at least one thing for somebody else stranger what have you see if you can fulfill the need of another

[@staringanime]

💜💙

[@SafetyMentalst]

Hands on his tools mind on his job Dirty finger nails calluses on his palm Is a working man never to be a slob Volunteered to fight war in Vietnam No baby boomer found to be a snob

[@dylanbarreto2086]

POV your comm 8 professor gave you homework

[@katherinegoodacre9519]

You have Struck a Chord. The Intergenerational Approach is the Wave of the Future.

[@misspatvandriverlady7555]

Old folks are bad at BS, but they're great for learning how to actually survive in the workplace.

[@TheAngryHippie]

We need to implement social engineering in schools.

[@TheAngryHippie]

Dack Hacksaw Neohumanism . Check it out.

[@TheAngryHippie]

rq True but it's more like social indoctrination

[@elias_xp95]

Okay Hitler, calm down.

[@irri3191]

Yes with critical thinking and self-reliance. With a correct relevance for the tools of the day.

[@irri3191]

@Dack Hacksaw name-calling so quickly? Shame.

[@ashutoshkumar355]

This is just a much more eloquent version of Creed trying to impress Ryan from The Office.

[@crombajaa]

Thanks for the talk.. I was just hearing the audio.I thought it was Trump first. Then I looked...

[@rachelgong9739]

Applause！ Thumbs up! Great speech!

[@elias_xp95]

The tech industry is so sheltered from reality.

[@hellfrost333]

The tech industry is reality; Bwahaha!

[@666Tomato666]

they sure know how to build the world around us despite sitting in that shelter

[@TwitchCronos100]

really? The tech they make IS your reality, without your phone or computer you would be lost.

[@jarilocromlech1257]

@@TwitchCronos100 wrong again. Not everyone alive was born after 1996. Some of the losers around you are so lame and uncool that they can read a printed map, use a card catalog-- that type of thing. People who would be unable to function without a smartphone are the demo that needs to go extinct in order for mankind to make any real progress.

[@TwitchCronos100]

@@jarilocromlech1257 Obviously I didn't mean literally every person alive today, nor did I even say anything remotely close to that... Why do people always have to twist and exaggerate what other people write.. My god..

[@MinkytheMinkY]

Also , there is much older generations can learn from millennials. not just on the technical front. For example, checking one's privilege, power, gender pronouns, mindfulness, meditation rooms, importance of play, importance of rest, unconscious bias, social justice, making space for different abilities and neurodiversity (neurodivergence), intersectionality, sexual harassment, inclusion, etc. The older generation is full of biases that keep people out, the can overlook talent especially if threatened by them. Look at our retroactive executive and legislative branches. Look at the Catholic clergy or any other church for examples.

[@artski09]

"checking one's privilege, power, gender pronouns, mindfulness, meditation rooms, importance of play, importance of rest, unconscious bias, social justice, making space for different abilities and neurodiversity (neurodivergence), intersectionality, sexual harassment, inclusion, etc. " god do you want to get every millennials sacked ?

[@germanboy5392]

I'm a Boomer and I noticed so much political correctness and regimented thinking....I think Millenials are too sensitive but At least they are not politically correct and have no problem questioning authority......For example....I think more young folks are opposed to abortion than older people and having an unplanned child causes no embarrassment or worrying about what people will think....Back in 70s and 80s..we were always so worried about what older people/family would think....I'm happy younger people are thinking for themselves!!!!!

[@danielstevens2717]

I'm 36 already and a millennial so i think the word describes so many groups of people. hahaha

[@horsesense6173]

Without wisdom, it's impossible to be sustainably productive.

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

*From error to error one discovers the entire truth.*

[@jasenkavukelic5047]

DiscoverYourAwesomeness That is beautiful... I love your comments!!!

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

@@jasenkavukelic5047 Hvala Jasenka! :)

[@jasenkavukelic5047]

DiscoverYourAwesomeness Hehe, molim, hvala vama!

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

@Dack Hacksaw Just promoting my channel bro. :)

[@bibbytenbillion]

@@ChessMasteryOfficial You do like posting rhetorical spam everywhere don't you?

[@motownmike7509]

Being gen X sucks, we were raised to work in factories that didn’t exist. We have been living on 10-15 a hour in a world that requires 25. My whole adult life has been wasted just getting by. Now our parents are retiring and now I am told I’m to old and a insurance risk. Glad I was born to be a slave.

[@StaggerLee68]

Boomers love their slave/servant class don't they. Too bad we must babysit them as well.

[@motownmike7509]

@@StaggerLee68 yes you nailed it.

[@celestialcircledance]

What he had to offer sounded poignant but vague . Maybe a few concrete examples would have helped and as a gen Xer I was hoping for specific tips on how to stay on top of my game .

[@pancake8119]

320

[@joebloggs6351]

I think Baby Boomers were raised with no safety net set, they had to work to make something worth retiring on. Fast forward a couple of gen's and you find that Superannuation is compulsory and commonplace, children are born into wealth without seeing too many sacrifices, so of course their filter will be that they work just to maximise but they'd be okay anyway. It's a good thing that Western countries now have high wealth per capita, each generation can ultimately work less than the last because investment makes up that shortfall.

[@StaggerLee68]

Talk about being WAAAY off base on a comment. This must be satire, eh?

[@tarotofhappiness8402]

Federal demographers define the Millennial Generation as those born between 1996 to 2020. If the guy was 25, he was a trailing edge Gen-X. Gen-X is rare. Baby Boomers peaked at 72,000,000. Gen-X contains fewer than 34,000,000. Millennials are expected to teach 100,000,000. EVERY Gen-X member is a very important bridge and deserve recognition as a generation. The younger leaders is a function of the rarity of Gen-X members because they are less than half the numbers of the Baby Boomers and less than a third of the Millennials. Gen-X is so spectacular because Baby Boomer women were ALLOWED college & university funding from federal govt. on an equal basis with men for the very FIRST time. This talk is full of actual inaccuracies, unfortunately. This speaker was dealing with 1 generation younger than he us, not 2 generations. We have Silent Generation (1920-1945, Baby Boomers (1946-1970), Gen-X (1971-1995) and some Millennials (1996-2020) in the workforce. Almost no Great Generation members still are in the workforce because they were born 1895-1919. I realize 18-30 year olds are being called Millennials as an advertising ploy, but that is a revolving cohort, not a generation. I also realize that sone social sciences use 15 year cohorts. But the USA census uses a 25 year generation & is the foundation of USA demographics. This speaker ought ti have defined his use of the term 'generation.' Gen-X deserves credit where credit us due. Gen -X at this time ( 2019) is between 49 and 24. That 25 year old guy was a Gen-X.

[@dyliscairofoon9678]

I hope you realise that gen z started in the mid 1990s to mid twenties.Meaning not the millenials.

[@MinkytheMinkY]

Needs a different title. Was misled

[@binklebabe4725]

Why don't they include the Gen X-er's in these discussions?

[@millennialpopculture669]

Cause they're small generation compared to baby boomers & millennials

[@kedabro1957]

Because Gen-X isn't the generation famous for arrogantly dismissing the opinions of younger workers and ordering them to get back in their place in the hierarchy. Age-discrimination wasn't invented by the young. Its something the old have always inflicted on the young. The only thing that's changed is who has the power.

[@binklebabe4725]

+fake fake We boomers were spanked, slapped and worse by our parents and this was considered normal, good parenting. We were told never to talk back to our elders. We had to obey all adults, even against our better judgment at times. That all changed in the 60s. We REBELLED! We tuned in, dropped out, you know the rest. We stuck it the man. "Never trust anybody over 30." I guess if the Boomers are annoyed at all with the millenials, they are replaying old tapes from their early adulthood! 😂

[@millennialpopculture669]

Binkle Babe the best thing you people did in the 1960s was the cultural and moral revolution. As a millennial I couldn't live or be alive pre 1960s too much restrictions kills me

[@kedabro1957]

@@binklebabe4725 ... The rebellion you are describing did not transform the rural blue-collar Midwest and South. The Boomers in those regions maintained the old ways.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Factor is, accepting will always be the number 1 behavior that set us all part. And at the moment, devious manipulations has been accepted. Just because marijuana is legal, it still doesn't make it right.

[@Ou8y2k2]

Five generations? That's 100 years. How many 10 year olds are working at your company? Conversely, how many 110 year olds are at your company?

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Epidemic

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

IPR maaan

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

The only way evolution can take place is to have a fully defined data, when all becomes aware the evolution process may take place. "Fast Forwarding". So to avoid what is to be man's own destruction, we are to decide on wealth or follow Michael Jackson's message of peace and tranquility. Or John Lennon's as one.

[@bruceLeeYK]

Why there is always dark on audience??

[@stomppaaa]

That's how stage lights work.... to highlight the stage

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

If Hitler can do it, I'm sure it's not impossible for America to fall into genocide, prejudice is everywhere. And all you have to do is use the interest and sociologically strategize the intent mission.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Gotta love the bottlenecking trend. Otherwise i probably would of nevered known, in my own world building electric motors, TED community.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

So no to foster farms chicken. Raise your own, chickens are great fertilizers and tenders for your lawn.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

This is the new millennium

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Data don't lie

[@KaitlynMaready05]

What are us teens? I don’t think we’re millennials but we aren’t children either. We’re like some weird 3rd group

[@artski09]

z

[@Rdansen1]

Young adults

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

The black market world do have moles in politics.

[@youtubehasacontrolpolicypr9884]

Get over it you boomers had your fun stop complaining

[@jackb4123]

FIRST

[@Ikilledthebanks]

How to not let the size of government spiral out of control and rack up a 18 trillion dollar debt?

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Over 60% of the population. I wouldn't even have kids. Hello!!! Stranger danger, drugs are bad, criminals.... hay let's accepted, they all became successful billionairs. Yet the neighborhoods are full of teens drinking smoking, selling weed. So we all have a great life, while the professional world considers h2h a age diversity structure. It will always be who has more power at the end. Successful criminalogy

[@sherrydee7880]

Here is my "problem" with many of the millennial's- If they have never played a Kettle Drum, I could understand them not grasping the concept of the various tones it can produce. But, if they have never SEEN a Kettle Drum, so many will just pass it by & never care to investigate it because it's not going to get them a social media thumbs up. It's all about play & although I no longer have much need to explore & play with the things of my past, I possess the memory of my experiences with them. If I get Alzheimer's, I guess it won't matter, but asking a millennial how a tech device works puts me in the hands of a person who speaks a language I am not familiar with. Not many seem to have the time nor the patience to walk me through the learning process like I was a 3 year old just learning my ABC's. What am I missing? This is why I still use a flip phone & a PC with a full sized keyboard. Is there a specific way to talk to a person of this age in order to get the information I need?

[@sourgummyworms8069]

Sherry Dee I’m sorry you’ve had these experiences with my generation. I’m actually very good friends with a man who is 62. He has difficulty with all things technological and frequently asks me questions. I have never felt impatient when an older person asks me to guide them through something technological. I can’t imagine why anyone my age behaves this way. So you just have to find the right millennial who is willing to slow down, speak at your pace, and usher you through the process respectfully. You are not the one who needs to learn how to interact with them, they need to stop being selfish and learn to interact with YOU when you ask for help. Sadly too many millennials were poorly raised in terms of politeness and basic regard for other people.

[@StaggerLee68]

No. You'll have to grow up one of these days. It is not the responsibility of GenX and subsequent generations to babysit Boomers all the way to the grave. It's time for Boomers to grow up and assume adult roles which include effort for results. I might suggest learning some manners and dropping the smarmy condescending attitude while your at it. It doesn't work and nobody worships Boomers.

[@sherrydee7880]

@@StaggerLee68 Ditto

[@flameripper5502]

@@StaggerLee68 " I might suggest learning some manners and dropping the smarmy condescending attitude while your at it." .....You really need yo take your own advice young whipper snapper.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Non English speaking employees nd everything. I though that was a qualification on the citizenship application

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

I don't believe he has considered all levels in economics. Money is money to the broke. Rather h2h is a factor, humans sociology will always cancel out the mission. As an epidemic of deviousness grows, humanity is soon to lose its grip. If these age levels in the professional environment has it's problems, boy best know these mob societies in America has a code of conduct of their own, transparency is only the cover, and all it takes is a lil hard work keeping your mouth shut until you have seniority.

[@personofearth5076]

I'm sorry but if you are a boomer and you own your home, move over and get out of the way of the youth. We have had our time, now it's their time and they need the jobs, WE DON'T.

[@drstrangelove09]

This whole "there is plenty of evidence that gender and ethically diverse companies are more effective" is false.

[@KujizZomg]

I wonder where he gets the fact that "more gender and ethnically diverse companies are more effective".

[@AvgJane19]

This article by Harvard Business Review does a good job of explaining the benefits and it has links to studies that support the thesis. Here you go! hbr.org/2016/11/why-diverse-teams-are-smarter

[@mba2ceo]

How to MILK the system !!! ?

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Transparency is used for alot of things, but competition overrule all sociological theory. Donald trump"""

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

BUSONOMIC

[@drstrangelove09]

"engineers" no

[@-Felipe-]

Nothing

[@SanjaySharma-io4zg]

1st

[@mba2ceo]

OLD ppl are F'ed ... support UBI !!!

[@mbxmusic7028]

Midlife crisis?'

[@Clearbluejay]

I don't find this to be true about boomer age women, many dont want to be flexible with their, "You're being entitled and playing the victim," and, "oh about the sexist, fatphobic & racist stuff -just suck it up."

[@vangdongkipgen2681]

Firstr

[@Homer_Jay]

:19 secs in and that gay lisp lets me know where this speech is going...

[@markcaseon7136]

There is something strange about him...

[@ujepagaz8495]

Sorry which are baby boomers again?

[@UltaBlueRev]

Generation of individuals born in the years right after WW2

[@jasenkavukelic5047]

Dack Hacksaw Hahahaha

[@irri3191]

Vote boneheads and if you're too young to vote then get someone else to vote. Take control we know our country needs it.

[@ujepagaz8495]

@@irri3191 not everybody here is American OK ... but vote, go register and stuff From a fellow western Balkans person

[@ujepagaz8495]

@Dack Hacksaw sorry nobody tells me what to vote, let alone a youtube comment

[@matthewtyler8221]

ok boomer

[@sr7791]

Ok w@nker

[@MC-mh2ju]

WTF is he talking about?

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Stefan Molyneux seems a bit effeminate today

[@elias_xp95]

Haha

[@sourgummyworms8069]

Yesssss 😂

[@benegesserit9836]

I think this guy is looking for a job

[@trainluvr]

Waste of time.

[@jppalm3944]

More crappies from the Ted cult

[@THEPOWER99FM]

The old people will learn nothing because they have already learned everthing there is and are just waiting to pass on to the next life.