What Generation do you belong to?
Silent generation, Boomer, Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z or Alpha?
Or as in Pinoy History graphic shows: do you identify more with Gloria Romero, Nora Aunor, Sharon Cuneta, Sarah Geronimo, Liza Soberano or baby Alpha?
During the Leadex 2.0 Conference: New Victories, the hypothetical but all so real case for the speakers to focus on was the work toxicity that resulted from having multiple generations in the workplace- people are getting burnt out easily, unsatisfied, and uninspired, negatively impacting their organizations and consequently, their bottom lines. Add to this the challenges that hybrid work brings in and the lighting speed of technology change…
Leaders’ role is even more intensely critical than ever before.
LeadEX 2.0 brought together the unique and diverse perspectives of 7 seasoned Thought Leaders. In tje 4-hour compact leadership conference, 7 Highly-Impactful, Powerful Talks on what it means to Lead with Excellence today:
Candy Granados, Instructional Designer & Chief Learning Officer of Next Class
Jerico Castro, President & Founder of TrainingPh
Viva Rock,Eric Dimar, Lead Psychologist of DMR Psychological Services
Roq Cleo, Design Thinking Expert of NuBrave.Academy
Atty Marvyn Gaerlan, Labor Law & Data Privacy Lawyer of Paladins of Law
Jill Felix, Professional Makeup Artist & CEO of Chromasalt Cosmetics
CraZYs Prof Bong De Ungria Founder and CEO, Global Transformation Summit and TransFORMe
The generations used in the video used Australian references as basis. After the Feb. 16 2024 talk, I searched for Phippine references and found:
Jobstreet’s Law of Attraction survey of over 18,000 Filipino jobseekers revealed the generations in the workplace as follows:
The accompanying article, “It’s More Than the Brand! What Filipino Millennial/Gen Y Talents Really Look For in a Job” provides useful insights on the Filipino jobseeker generation.
More research based insights:
Dr. Jayeel Cornelio (2020) @ Rappler citing Pew Research: Gen X includes those born from 1965 to 1980, millennials from 1981 to 1996, and Gen Z from 1997 to 2012.
Dr. Jayeel Cornelio (2016) @ Rappler focused on Defining Filipino millenials and wrote that the way forward was this:
There is a clear and possibly widening gap across the generations, catalyzed by the pandemic, fueled by AI and technology. And yet, for every gap there are marketing opportunities! (and threats)
CraZYx Prof Bong recommends that the differences will always remain, but the magic is being united in one vision, as embodied in a common Z, strong Ys and clearly defined X. The Z Y X here dont refer to Generations, these refer to CraZYx system for Highly Repetitive Breakthroughts. This cutting edge thinking model is further explained here.
Moving forward, united in 1 vision Z, a shared Y, resulted to this:
More info about the Leadex 2.0 New Victories conference here: