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Divided or Dependent? The Real Gen Z Story

5/9/202618 min

Are the challenges faced by Gen Z unique or have we seen them before? Do workplaces need a Gen Z strategy, or is there something bigger at play? And, why does it feel like young people's attitudes are becoming more traditional? Vicky Spratt, investigates the Gen Z story and how bad are things really for young people? This week she is joined by generations expert, Professor Bobby Duffy. To hear the whole episode, and the rest of the series sign up at therestispolitics.com STUDENT DISCOUNT: Sign up here with your student email address for a year of TRIP Plus for just £20 Instagram: ⁠⁠@restispolitics⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠@restispolitics⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠therestispolitics@goalhanger.com⁠⁠

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Clips

Generational Myths Repeat Themselves
The Bank Of Mum And Dad
Calling Out The Gen Z Industry
Separation, Not Conflict
Underprotected Online, Overprotected IRL
Maybe Slower Is Smarter
We Misremember How We Lived
Rethink Workplace Strategies
Regulating The Global Platforms
The Death Of The Saturday Job

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Vicky Spratt· Host0:11

    [upbeat music] Welcome back to The Rest is Politics, the Gen Z story with me, Vicky Spratt. This week in Divided or Dependent? The Real Gen Z Story, we're gonna be unpacking some big myths about generations. We're gonna be separating fact from fiction. What do we think we know about Gen Z, and what do we really know about them? Are they work-shy and difficult to have in the workplace, too dependent on their parents, or are they a generation that have grown up differently to everybody who came before them? I've just finished interviewing Professor Bobby Duffy, and what he had to say about this was absolutely fascinating. In case you're not familiar with his work, he's the director of the King's Policy Institute. He's written six books, three of which are about generations and the differences or not between them. And really the message I've taken away from him is we've got far more in common than we like to think. So here's episode two. Have a listen and let us know what you think. And if

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