Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Boomers (1946–1964), Gen X (1965–1980), Millennials (1981–1996), and Gen Z (1997–2012): four generations are sharing workplaces, families, and dinner tables, and mostly confusing each other. This lecture takes you inside the generation everyone’s talking about and almost nobody understands, by exploring how Gen Z compares to each generation that came before them: where they break from the Boomers, where they echo Gen X, and where they’re quietly becoming their Millennial older siblings. Elena Joy Thurston brings a double credential to the topic: she’s a leadership consultant who trains managers across the country on leading across the generational divide, and she’s the mom of three Gen Z kids and one Gen Alpha, so she’s living the research at her own dinner table. Expect stories, surprising data, and plenty of laughs. You’ll leave understanding the young people all around you a little better, and you might even recognize yourself in them.