Subscribe to the Hip & Sage feedPerhaps it is just me and my new lens focus on being hip and sage (like when you buy a new model of car and then start to notice other cars that are the same model), but I have noticed a lot of chatter about the importance of boomers getting hip to today's communication methods. I think this is a great thing and sorely needed because we need to figure out how to work together better. And when I say "better" I mean that coaching, information, collaboration, assistance, listening are going UP and DOWN the generations - like a nice big workplace generational chef's salad. This, to me, is the missing "special sauce" in a lot of generational work - the necessity of and joy of teaming nimbleness. And this requires nimble egos, too. We boomers can lead the movement by becoming highly coachable - yes, coachable. If we role model humble curiosity and generation-blind appreciation and respect, we can be catalysts for a fabulous new way of working together.
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Every movement needs a starting point... why not begin at social gatherings among relatives with cross-generational talk about the waves of change affecting us all? I asked a college student yesterday: "Are college textbooks becoming obsolete?" Her answer was that a course outline is now mostly a series of hyperlinks to articles online. But the fact that I was sincere in the question was much appreciated and opened up a channel that was more than the perfunctory 'how are you?' Now I'll practice it standing in line or whenever I can. I'll probably learn something!
Posted by: Brian Fette | August 10, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Excellent idea and perspective, Brian, thanks! There are so many ways and avenues to stretch ourselves.
Posted by: lisa haneberg | August 10, 2009 at 05:12 PM
This has entirely been my experience - glad to see others have found the same. Remember when the WWII generation focused so much on "the generation gap"? Let's learn from history and do better, if we can - not a gap, but a bridge, or a series of bridges. In the end, maybe we're all connected to each other this way, whether near or far, similar or not, maybe it's all bridges.
Posted by: kimry087 | August 21, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Kim - Agreed!I love the idea of a bridge, not a gap. thanks.
Posted by: lisa haneberg | August 23, 2009 at 06:59 AM