Do the Kids Have a Work Ethic?
An intergenerational work culture podcast, taking you from blame-shifting to bridge-building
The other day I was chatting with my daughter Emma, while riding my bike home from work. It was a perfect, blustery day—the kind of day you hope for in late October. Perfect the day was, I should say, for anything but chatting on your earbuds. We got to laughing because we could hardly hear each other. The wind was everywhere.
That’s how the election feels right now. No matter who you’re talking to or what you’re talking about, the blusteriness of the presidential race distracts and overwhelms.
So, good news! The Mode/Switch Pod is not a political podcast. It’s a workplace culture podcast, focused on helping you (and your workplace) heal from the intensities of work today. As usual, we feature an intergenerational crew of Mode/Switchers: Emily, Ken, LaShone, and—this week as a Gen Z guest—Sheila Witvliet.
You’ll won’t hear a single mention of the electoral college this week. No hot air, no high winds. But even so, we are talking about American dividedness—in the intergenerational workplace.
It’s everybody’s favorite on-the-job trope: Kids these days? Yeah, they don’t know how to work. As Ken reminds us, we’ve been saying this a long time. Our workplace tribalism, as Emily calls it, dramatizes the polarization in the broader society.
You and I can’t fix national politics, at least not any time soon. But workplace differences? Yeah, that’s something you and I can get to work on right now.
Give this a listen while you work.
-craig
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