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Mind the

Gap

Understanding and getting the
most out of different generations

by Dr Graeme Codrington
TomorrowToday.co.za
@FuturistGraeme
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Why cant
everyone just be

normal
 like me ?

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Our values are established by age 12

Behaviour

race
educa5on

A"tudes

age
era
culture
gender

Values

socio2economic
religion
personality

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INFLUENCES)
Great&Depression
World&War&II

DEFINING)VALUES

Understand others 
... Understand yourself
 lessons from history
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Silent)Genera5on)
1925);)1947

Pay&your&dues
Dedica5on
Hard&work
Respect&
Waste&not&want&not
Hate&debt

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INFLUENCES)
Great&Depression
World&War&II

DEFINING)VALUES

Silent)Genera5on)
1925);)1947
Source:(The(Four(Yorkshiremen,(At#Last#That#1948#Show

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Pay&your&dues
Dedica5on
Hard&work
Respect&
Waste&not&want&not
Hate&debt
INFLUENCES)
Grand&visions
Moon&landing
Rock&n&Roll
Rela5ve,&growing&wealth

DEFINING)VALUES

I have a dream

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Boomers)
mid)1940s);)1960s

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Idealism&/&Op5mism
Personal&gra5鍖ca5on
Youthfulness&/&Health
Workaholics
Live&life&on&credit
Will&reJtyre,&not&re5re
INFLUENCES)

Example: Selling Equity Release / Remortgages

Grand&visions
Moon&landing
Rock&n&Roll
Rela5ve,&growing&wealth

DEFINING)VALUES

Boomers)
mid)1940s);)1960s

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Idealism&/&Op5mism
Personal&gra5鍖ca5on
Youthfulness&/&Health
Workaholics
Live&life&on&credit
Will&reJtyre,&not&re5re

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INFLUENCES)
Constant&change&/&turmoil
Cold&War
The&broken&family
PCs&and&24&hour&TV

DEFINING)VALUES

Genera5on)X
1970s);)1989

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Choice&/&personalisa5on
Immediate&gra5鍖ca5on
Informality
Authority&&&respect&are&earned
Not&scared&of&failure
Global&mindset
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INFLUENCES)
Internet
Mobile&phones
The&Global&Village
9/11
Climate&change

DEFINING)VALUES

Genera5on)Y
1990s);)2008?
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A&veneer&of&con鍖dence
TechnoJliterate
Desperate&to&belong
Globally&aware
Need&to&know&why
Understanding why
we dont understand
We may have been
living in the same house or
working in the same office
as older or younger people,
but we have been

living in different worlds

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Applying generations across your organisation

An overlapping cycle

BOOMERS

Strategy &
organisational
design

GEN)X

Leadership

CUSPERS

1945

1960

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1975

1990

Talent & team
engagement

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Customer
service and
marketing
Download the

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www.GraemeCodrington.com
Email: graeme@tomorrowtoday.co.za
Twitter: @FuturistGraeme
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