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Book SynopsisBased on hundreds of interviews conducted with under-thirty-year-olds across the globe, as well as executives’ perspectives on changing dynamics in the workplace, Generation Why provides a thorough study of how the worldview of millennials and generation Z informs their ideas about truth, hierarchy, and leadership.
Trade Review“A highly readable, informative, and perceptive answer to a perennial question in the business world: how do companies renew themselves by attracting the best and brightest of young talent, from one generation to the next?” L. Ian MacDonald, editor of Policy magazine
“Generation Why is an excellent book with concrete lessons for leaders and managers. Moore’s conversational style and anecdotes from his experiences at McGill, Oxford, and IBM make the book enjoyable to read and summarize his research in an accessible way.” Policy Magazine
“In his study of young workers for this book, Moore conducted over 800 interviews with under-35 workers (and shirkers) in Canada, the U.S., Japan, and all over Europe, as well as over 750 C-suite executives. Previous to his academic career, Moore also spent 11 years working in high tech firms, so he has the advantage of being a capitalist believer and doer, not just a business critic, … .” ValueWalk
Table of ContentsFigures vii Introduction 3 1 Young People: A Fundamental Shift in the Workplace 12 2 The Modern Worldview: Science, Architecture, and Religion 19 3 Making It Real/Postmodernism Medicine: “Doc, I Have Three Theories about What Is Wrong with Me” 24 4 The Postmodern Worldview: Truth, Emotions, and Hierarchy 36 5 Privileging All Voices: Listen More, Talk Less 50 6 The Importance of Authenticity: Self Lost, and Self Regained 66 7 A Sense of Purpose: Work Must Have Meaning 77 8 The Modern Mentor in a Postmodern Workspace: The Voice of Support 95 9 The Millennial/Zer Need for Feedback: Four Reasons Why and How to Give It 111 10 Similar but Different: Generation Zers Are Not Millennials 129 11 Managing Upward and Being Managed by Millennials/Gen Zers: Key to Being a Really Useful Manager 143 Acknowledgments 149 Key Postmodern Terms 151 Notes 155 Further Reading 181 Index 193
