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
Politics and Leadership in the Gen-X Age
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
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
Birdman: a Typological Feast
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) won top honors at this year’s Academy Awards. While I think a few of this year’s movies were outstanding, Birdman so clearly stood out in its ambition, pacing and technical audacity that its being named Best Picture of 2014 seemed inevitable to me. And
American Sniper—An Archetypal Battlefield
Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper earned over $100 million in its opening weekend, making it the biggest hit of Eastwood’s storied career. People flocked to see this movie, many driven by the bitter controversy the war movie has stirred up. While some object to the movie as a glorification of both