Grant Thornton's 'Alternatively Speaking' podcast explores the healthy tensions that are shaping modern business. This episode begs the question: is friction between generations slowing organisations down, or pushing them forward?
"A leadership team is watching productivity stall, culture wobble and communication fray. In one corner, senior leaders are pushing for more office presence, clearer hierarchy and 'proper' ways of working. In another, younger team members are questioning rigid routines, favouring rapid digital communication and expecting flexibility. Everyone is frustrated. And beneath it all sits a bigger question: Is generational diversity a strategic advantage… or a growing fault line?"
In this episode, host and broadcast journalist Samantha Simmonds brings together three people with different career experiences – Gen Z Co-founder Ben Jeffries, millennial audit partner Ant Thomas, and Gen Z audit associate Kirsty Miller – to ask: is friction between generations slowing organisations down, or pushing them forward?
They explore the clash between expectations of hybrid working, where communication styles can spark conflict, how AI is reshaping capability and confidence, and what leaders can do to keep teams aligned when four generations are working to four different definitions of “productive”.
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