"We all had go through it." No doubt. But does that mean that, by some workplace statute, the next generation has to as well?
This week, the Mode/Switch team welcomes Gen Z author and TEDx speaker Sophie Riegel to help us map the maze of American working community.
The maze of unspoken but rigid rules. The maze of what it means to be “normal” and “professional.” The maze of unacknowledged organizational trauma and intergenerational contempt.
Our question is, who builds the maze?
Actually, that was Ken’s question. He’s our Boomer at the table, joined by Emily (reppin’ for the Millennials) and me (the Gen Xer). I love how Ken framed his question: Who decides what’s normal in the workplace? Because whoever decides “what’s normal” makes the maze that the rest of us get lost in.
So, hit “play” on the pod while you work today, and you’ll hear us asking each other questions across generational lines. The talk’s encouraging, honestly. Chatting with Sophie made me hope that we don’t have to haze others for the hazing we ourselves have received. The cycle of intergenerational contempt doesn’t have to continue.
We can exit the maze together.
