Since OKA started writing, training and consulting on generational issues in 2008, I’ve noticed a constant, and at times urgent, request to focus on Millennials (folks born between 1981 and 2000) and the need for specific tools and techniques to deal with the challenges that this large and demanding
Movies as a Generational Mirror — Part 2
Part 2: Generation X and Millennials (This essay is the second of a two-part series) Generational cohort theory asserts that much of our outlook and many of our values come to us between the ages of 10 and 20—when we first conceptualize and then step into the world as our adult selves. What was
Generation Translation Video Blog–1
I resisted Generations as a training and development approach for so long. Here is a brief chat I had with my Generations co-author, Rita Murray, about how we both got started with the topic. Click the Generation Translation image below for more information on OKA's experiential, one-day
Generational Minefield
In your most formative years (between 10 and 20 years old), how present was the assumption that you would one day do better financially/materially than your parents? This is a question I routinely ask people in my Generation Translation training, for it tends to produce different and illustrative
Knowing Your MBTI Type Might Not Matter
Could it be that knowing your MBTI Type might not matter? Invariably, every MBTI/Type training includes some folks who can’t and/or don’t want to choose a preference on any given dichotomy. Perhaps they feel equally engaged by both options, or they feel that one represents a best fit Type at work