Stop calling them Millenials or Gen Z! | Matt Stewart | TEDxHotelschoolTheHague

After a diagnosis of an incurable form of leukemia, he decided to leave his successful coaching practice in Canada’s Financial district and moved to a small mountain town in British Columbia to work at a post-secondary school. Now Matt makes the argument we should stop labelling people with generational stereotypes like Millennials or Generation Zs. Matt believes we should introduce the concepts of executive coaching into the classroom and our workplaces in order to develop and refine the non-cognitive (aka soft skills) of the next generation. Instead of focusing on the generational stereotypes, as a society, we should focus on reframing how we support the success of the next generation “Stop Calling (them) Millennials or Gen Z!”

Matt Stewart is an Executive Coach who helps post-secondary students achieve success both academically and in launching their careers. Over the years he has worked in Healthcare, Global Finance and the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

After a diagnosis of an incurable form of leukemia he decided to leave his successful coaching practice in Canada’s Financial district and moved to a small mountain town in British Columbia to work at a post-secondary school.

[Jevmin]

Gen Z here, and that headline about Millennials killing the beer industry...
Well, if that's true, then that is probably a good thing since alcohol accounts for many deaths such as drunk driving accidents, alcohol poisoning, and so much more.

[nicknyethesaxguy]

Glad this was made so many people stereotype millennials and my generation, gen z but they are always wrong.

[AuroraB-]

I love that his talk is about stereotypes, but he's got a long beard, tats and has a husband. That in and of itself shows that stereotypes are nonsense.

[SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Not all millennials are the same. I am a millennial, and I am different from lots in term of my current lifestyle.

[mathiasrudi]

So what's wrong with calling us Millenials or Gen Z? If you don't like a word, change its meaning. Millennials and Gen Z could become good words if people started using them as such. If you can't find a positive headline, make one. He's focusing on good things, but it's not all-encompassing. You have to coach the young as well as the old ones. You have to help the younger generations develop, but you have to make sure the elders can see it. If the ones in charge don't change, the stigma won't go away until they're dead.

[shay_was_here]

Why are there always people coughing?😂🤣 Every video of these I've seen someone always coughs. 😂😂

[adamdomenicpacione]

Yes the meanness around youth in society by older people is a problem. From discrimination like being scared of youth to negative and sarcastic toxic views of everything they or we do. It's a diffrent time. There is positive traits in every age group. There's much more cruelty I could mention. When it comes to young people the rest of society just assumes harsh judgment is ok. So it's no wonder youth are dissatisfied with society, annoyed and feel misunderstood. At the same time we drive positive social change, volunteer more and engage in less risky behavior. To soft sensitive caring, smart tech gen just means you didn't have enough empathy for others in your time.

[justins.]

How about we stop using the term "generation" altogether? It's meaningless and divisive.

[samuelmetz]

I aspire to be like this man in every way

[amandabrainrot]

Im scared to follow what i wanna do with my life the world is hard to change and in my life i have no doubt that it wont change ill probably end up homeless in the next 4 years cause the world wont change i wont get my opportunity to do what i want it already passed i wanted to go i to a hospital to learn my 8th grade year to give me a hand into my career in the future but now i cant even get up the energy to go out and get a job ive been told how much a failure i am already all i want is to make it by and with my mental illnesses and my family refusing to put me on meds for them to make me a functional human i probably wont get it no positivity or anything if you could coach someone coach the people who have the power to put us down and deny some of our basic rights of hope and happiness the right of us dreaming to become someone the world can be proud of