Here in the waning days of October, 2015, we got our first look at the new age of Generation X leadership played out on the national stage. Paul Ryan, 45 years old (born in 1970), Congressman from Wisconsin, reluctantly agreed to run for Speaker of the House. What is uniquely generational about
Fighting the Game
Generational divides frustrate me. Specifically, I don’t like being too far out of sync with my kids and their way of thinking. Video games—and the role they play in my sons’ lives—pose a consistent challenge to my desire for alignment, for while my kids love them, I find myself more and more often
Millennials and the MBTI
“Extraversion and Introversion--I do both of these. Why do I have to choose?” I’ve never had a Type discussion that this comment does not come up, on any or even every dichotomy. But I’m finding that the more Millennials I have in the audience (people born since 1980), the more frequent and
What is With These Crazy Kids?
In the Forbes article, “20 Things 20-Somethings Don’t Get”, author Jason Nazar lays out twenty bits of professional advice—tips that often go unheeded or at least that come as a surprise to many Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000)—now the twenty-somethings among us. Among the terrific and