Chapter One: Frog Stew Flashcards
What is considered the “proverbial tipping point “ (April 25, 2016). The day the headline read on the Pew Research Center’s Website reporting Millennials (1981-1996) overtook three other cohorts:
1) Traditionalist (1922-1945)
2)
3) Generation X (1965-1980)
Baby Boomers (1946-1964)
Born between 1981-1996
Millennial
Born between 1922-1945
Traditionalist
Born between 1946-1964
Baby Boomers
Generation X
1965-1980
1997 and later
Generation Z
There are ______ in the U.S workplace for the very first time in history
Five generations
____ is home to the youngest workplace in the world
India
What is the goal of the book?
To keep you and your organization from becoming frog stew.
“That’s just the way things are” is probably going to be said by a ____ _____
baby boomer
According to the Pew Research Center how many people were born between 1946 -1964)
76 million.
How many people were born 1965-1980?
55 million
____ _____ is another type of unconscious bias that can harm work place relationships and interfere with our ability to achieve success together.
Generational myopia
Generational change in the workplace over the past few years is also historically unique because it involves expansion on ___ ____of the age spectrum.
Both ends
For the first time ever there are ____ Americans over the age of 50 than under the age of 18
more
Who is quoted for saying “Suddenly 20 and 30 y/o are working with people their parents and grandparents ages who are subordinates or peers, superiors as they used to be”.
Peter Cappelli
what % of people report to a boss that is younger than them?
38 %
According to a 2018 Randstad Workmonitor study, _____ of global workers prefer working on a multigenerational team (defined as those who are at least ten to fifteen years different in age).
86 percent
What do age organizations allow organizations to do?
come up with innovative ideas and creative solutions
The exact composition of your _____ _____ will likely affect how acutely you are experiencing generational change and which elements of your organization or your own career to consider remixing first.
Professional community
At its simplest, a _______ is defined as a group of people born and living at the same time. It can also refer to the span of time between the birth of parents and that of their children, which is one of the reasons I love generational study and find it an invaluable tool:
generation
In fact, the longer I study generations in the workplace, the more similarities I find in what people want out of work. Those fundamentals—meaning,_____, good leaders, professional growth—don’t change.
purpose
I appreciate Nilofer Merchant’s concept of “______,” which she defines as each person standing in a spot that no one else occupies, with a unique point of view that is born of each person’s accumulated experience, perspective, and vision.
onlyness
One of the ways I have found it helpful to approach generational differences is to consider them as similar to ______ ______ differences. I’ve heard it said that, depending on the era in which you were born, in many ways you perceive the United States as a different country from that of people born in a different era.
global cultural
48 percent of Gen Z Americans identify as racial or ethnic minorities today, compared to __ percent of Baby Boomers at the same age.
18
65 percent of Traditionalists were married by age __, compared to 26 percent of Millennials.
32
9 percent of _______women had completed at least four years of college by age 36. By the same age, 36 percent of Millennial women have.
Traditionalist
Traditionalist men were ___ ____ more likely to be military veterans than Millennial men are today.
ten times
Between 1988 and 2018, the cost of a four-year U.S. college or university has jumped 129 percent for a private school and ___ for a public school (both adjusted for inflation).
213 %
For the first time in more than 130 years, Americans ages __ to ___ are more likely to live with their parents than in any other living situation.
18 to 34
In 1978, 58 percent of American teenagers had ___ ____ ____. By 2016, only 35 percent did.
paid summer jobs
Generational experts ___ ____ and William Strauss explain it like this: “You may share many of these attributes [of your generation], some of them, or almost none of them. Every generation includes all kinds of people. Yet… you and your peers share the same ‘age location’ in history, and your generation’s collective mindset cannot help but influence you—whether you agree with it or spend a lifetime battling against it.”
Neil Howe
BABY BOOMERS:
approximately 1946 to 1964
Born in the U.S.: 76 million
Commonly cited characteristics: self-focused, competitive, optimistic, “________” mentality
“forever young”
The only generation to be designated by the US Census Bureau
Baby Boomers (1946-1964)
Baby Boomers, children of older Traditionalists, were born in the post–World War II baby boom years of 1946 to 1964 (the only generational time frame to be officially designated by the U.S. Census Bureau), and thus became the largest generation in American history. Compared to Traditionalists, Boomers generally grew up with more siblings in their families, more children in their neighborhoods, and more students in their classrooms. This bred a strong sense of ________ but also of competition.
camaraderie
Boomers also came of age in an optimistic, powerful era of prosperity in and global dominance by the U.S. Technologically, Boomers are the first television generation and thus the first mass advertising generation, which led to more focus on mass culture, marketing, and _______ ______.
conspicuous consumption
The design firm IDEO, founded by Baby Boomer David Kelley, is currently working on several projects to “redesign death.”
IDEO
Micro-Generation: __________
is a term coined by the writer and cultural historian Jonathan Pontell to describe those born sometime in the latter half of the Baby Boomer years to the beginning of Generation X, roughly from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. 1955-1965
Generation Jones
What is notable about Generation Jones is that people born around this time _________ with either the Boomers or the Gen Xers, which provides a reminder not to make assumptions about people based on their age or birth year.
Don’t identify
1965- 1980
55 million
*Commonly cited characteristics: independent, cautious, skeptical, tech pioneers
Nicknamed the “baby bust”
Fewer siblings and less children
Generation X
Generation X children grew up in a time where the divorce rate more than doubled with more than 50% of marriages in 1970 ending, compared to an 11% divorce rate in 1950’s. due to more single parent homes with children coming home to empty homes and no attention, these children where referred to as
“latchkey kids”
When we entered the Baby Boomer–dominated workplace around the 1990s, we often felt alienated and unimportant. That helped fuel the independent instincts that led many _____ to move to Silicon Valley and start companies that bucked the norms of traditional corporate America.
“Xers” or Genration X
Gen Xers are often positioned as outside observers, _____, or bridges
translators
The author refers to Gen Xers as _____
Natural remixers
The term _____, was invented by journalist Sarah Stankorb to describe people born 1977-1985
*adaptable, balanced of optimism and pessimism.
Xennials
Self-expressive, group oriented, purpose-driven, global, tech dependent. The book will also be spent talking about this group the MOST
Millennials (Generation Y)
Millennial’s are primarily the children of
Baby Boomers
Who will dominate the work place for the next several decades?
Millennials
In what ways are Baby Boomers and Millennials similar:
A) self-expressive
B)
C) Civic minded
Group oriented
They grew up in an era in which children, particularly those in the middle to upper middle class, received a lot more personal attention and coaching from adults, and many parents “_______” over their children to help them handle challenges and setbacks. Many Boomer parents positioned themselves more as buddies and mentors to their kids (hence the term “peer-enting”), and 55 percent of Millennials say that they consider a parent to be their best friend.
“helicoptered”
_____ also referred to as “digital natives”
Millennials
The first generation to experience the more pronounced economic disparities that have arisen in our country.
Millennials
The average debt burden of Millennials is around ____
$37,000
as New York Times columnist David Leonhardt has written, “For Americans under the age of __, the twenty-first century has resembled one long recession,” with people between the ages of 25 and 34 (read: Millennials) earning slightly less in 2017 than people in the same age group had been in 2000.
40
Millennials are also the generation to come of age amid increasing school shootings, terrorism, and hate crimes, from Columbine to 9/11 and beyond.
This impacts their views on safety, community, and ______.
That means that eight out of ten Millennials distrust their fellow citizens.
social trust
While this lack of ________ is not surprising given the times we live in, this characteristic of Millennials is essential for people of other generations to understand.
social trust
________, among the most youth-focused media companies of recent times, resisted the term for as long as possible, then in 2017 finally admitted the M-word into its official style guide.
BuzzFeed
1997-
Commonly cited as cautious, technologically advanced, _____
diverse
Many Gen Zs prefer to identify as “_____” or multiethnic
blended
who Is noted as most likely to be the most educated generation?
Gen Zs
59% of 18-20 y/o in college
Colleges and universities have responded to by increasing mental health services, sexual assault awareness, public safety, and various other policies to better provide security and safety for students mental, _______, and physical well-being
Emotional
Perhaps not surprisingly, statistics show that Gen Z teenagers are more ______ than previous generations
Risk-averse
The term “_____” has been used to describe the generation that well ultimately follow Gen Z
Generation Alpha
The marketing agency _____ titled it’s report on Generation Z The Final Generation
Sparks and Honey
Internet entrepreneur _______ coined the term “Perennials” to describe people who transcend the entire concept of generations by remaining current and timeless
Gina Pell
Which marketing expert said: Fathers and sons comparing fantasy football rankings on matching iPhones or killing precious productivity hours on YouTube… Teachers and students sipping matching Starbucks latte cups
Gregg S Lipman
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) forbids discrimination against people who are age _____ or older
40
Does not protect workers under the age of 40
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
The author warns us to keep in mind that some issues are generational and ______
Some are not
What will help an organization to consider which element to remix first?
How your generational mix compares to the US labor force overall
We as human beings are more alike than we are different. What changes from generation to generation is how we express our ______ and ______ at work, and what expectations we have about our employers’ fulfillment of them.
Needs and preferences
Think of generational characteristics as providing _____—never promises—as to how certain people or interactions might be better handled or understood. Generational understanding should be one tool among many in your professional toolkit to consider when you are facing various challenges and opportunities.
clues
As change is happening faster and faster in our society, we may be coming to the end of the applicability of generational theory with Generation Z and moving toward a “______,” timeless approach to life and work.
“perennial”
