What’s an Xer to do
I spent the day with a group of Xers on Tuesday. And a smart bunch at that. Toward the end of the session there was some free-wheeling that happened and some good conversation started up. I was contacted by one of the group who re-raised some of the issues. I said I’d post her thoughts (below in my own words) to see if there was any response or thoughts from anyone else.
- The discussion centred around gen x’s general lack of hanging around. So where boomers have created forums and searched for solutions as a group, xers look for solutions as individuals and if nothing is found they move on. In a business context it means that less is being done in groups to search for solutions and a lot more movement is taking place. The implications for business is fairly obvious. Should xers be concerned with this behaviour?
- And her other question was (in her words)
what I can do about my need for my change “fix”?
If I’ve got it wrong then I’m sure I’ll be corrected in one of the comments.
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My question is: is that generalisation true? Are we saying Xers are more individualistic than Boomers and how is it even possible to make that statement?!
Roger, your note reflected my thoughts, exactly. BTW, I look for solutions as an individual, myself, as I’d imagine is the case with many other boomers. I think at this party, I might have asked how they came about coming to these conclusions.
Numerous aspects of society today (ie: politics) have Boomers as leaders. Is it not perhaps possible that this perspective is a result of the Xer generation doing things differently and being labelled as individuals, because they do not do things as expected of them by their “leaders”?