This is from Neil Howe at Lifecourse.com: We ran these number per Census as of July of this year for everyone age 18+. They are cut exactly according to our birthyear boundaries: , 4.5 million , 26.2 million , 65.6 million , 88.5 million 18+, 52.0 million Total: 236.8 million. Subtract this from the
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2 Comments » If you are new to generational research, here are a few starting points for understanding how the generational cycles work. Webinars The Cycle of Generations – 10 minutes <–The best place to start. Understanding The Cycle of Generations – 25 minutes. Understanding Generational Attitudes – 23 minutes Charts Recent Generations and Turnings Chart – (post
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Last night I watched “Away We Go” and felt it really captured the character (especially the younger Gen X parents). The story is of a 30-something couple, both living a somewhat vagabond lifestyle, unattached to place or jobs (they both work in jobs where they can telecommute). They discover they are going to have a
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Neil Howe at Lifecourse.com has created a great new tool for researching generation cycles in American Leadership. I created a short screencast showing how to use the the new “American Leadership Database“. You can examine trends in all sorts of characteristics of American politics and can parse it out by region, party, dates, etc.. Fun for politicos,
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Neil Howe was heavily quoted in this Newsweek article on the meaning of 9-11 to who were 10 at the time of the attacks. The video is below, but the article is also worth a read.
Even when entering elderhood, Boomers continue to be outraged. Time for them to put aside their anger and get productive. Or else they should just get out of the way and let Gen X lead.
Although Gen X employees often complain about their Boomer managers, will they do any better as they step into the management role?
The Millennial Generation has been tagged as one of the most “Civic” in many years. This USA Today article explores the differences in today’s youth.
I won’t be blogging here much next week because I am headed to Beijing, China for a week there with my ex-pat Brother, Robert. I will be posting photos and stories as time allows on my personal blog at: http://blog.sohigian.com More generational stuff when I return!
