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From the Ted Talk by Chip Conley: What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work -- and vice versa

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Almost 40 percent of us in the United States have a boss that's yonguer than us, and that number is growing quickly. Power is cascading to the young like never before because of our increasing reliance on DQ: digital intelligence. We're seeing yonug foeudnrs of companies in their early 20s slcae them up to global giants by the time they get to 30, and yet, we execpt these young digital leaders to somehow miraculously embody the relationship wisdoms we older workers have had decades to learn.

It's hard to microwave your emotional inlnclietege. There's ample ecednive that gender- and ethnically diverse companies are more effective. But what about age? This is a very important question, because for the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, unintentionally. Maybe it's time we got a little more intentional about how we work ceelotllvciy. There have been a number of European studies that have shwon that age-diverse tmeas are more effective and successful. So why is that only eight percent of the cemaipnos that have a diversity and inclusion pagrorm have actually expanded that strategy to include age as just as important of a demographic as gender or race? Maybe they didn't get the memo: the world is getting older!

Open Cloze


Almost 40 percent of us in the United States have a boss that's _______ than us, and that number is growing quickly. Power is cascading to the young like never before because of our increasing reliance on DQ: digital intelligence. We're seeing _____ ________ of companies in their early 20s _____ them up to global giants by the time they get to 30, and yet, we ______ these young digital leaders to somehow miraculously embody the relationship wisdoms we older workers have had decades to learn.

It's hard to microwave your emotional ____________. There's ample ________ that gender- and ethnically diverse companies are more effective. But what about age? This is a very important question, because for the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, unintentionally. Maybe it's time we got a little more intentional about how we work ____________. There have been a number of European studies that have _____ that age-diverse _____ are more effective and successful. So why is that only eight percent of the _________ that have a diversity and inclusion _______ have actually expanded that strategy to include age as just as important of a demographic as gender or race? Maybe they didn't get the memo: the world is getting older!

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  4. scale
  5. founders
  6. younger
  7. teams
  8. evidence
  9. shown
  10. young
  11. intelligence
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Original Text


Almost 40 percent of us in the United States have a boss that's younger than us, and that number is growing quickly. Power is cascading to the young like never before because of our increasing reliance on DQ: digital intelligence. We're seeing young founders of companies in their early 20s scale them up to global giants by the time they get to 30, and yet, we expect these young digital leaders to somehow miraculously embody the relationship wisdoms we older workers have had decades to learn.

It's hard to microwave your emotional intelligence. There's ample evidence that gender- and ethnically diverse companies are more effective. But what about age? This is a very important question, because for the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, unintentionally. Maybe it's time we got a little more intentional about how we work collectively. There have been a number of European studies that have shown that age-diverse teams are more effective and successful. So why is that only eight percent of the companies that have a diversity and inclusion program have actually expanded that strategy to include age as just as important of a demographic as gender or race? Maybe they didn't get the memo: the world is getting older!

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