Education - The Divergence Challenge
When we think about diversity we need to think wider than simply the backgrounds of the people we employ. Over the past 30 years we have seen the deepest evolution of society since the industrial revolution. This time it has occurred at a much faster pace. This has impacted individual behaviours, generational norms as well as creating new ways of commerce. Unlike previous evolutionary change, this time we are experiencing the old and the new at the same time due to the pace of the changes. We all need a shared understanding and respect of our new environment, particularly our differences in order to be able to work together in teams able to deliver exceptional performance
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Intergenerational Divergence
We have four generations in the workplace today.
Baby Boomers
Gen X
Millennials
Gen Z
The experiences of these generations are starkly different mainly due to the advent of technology. This has led to massive divergence in each generations experiences before and during their working lives. The critical differences for leaders are attitudes towards corporate a culture and loyalty. Younger generations will not necessarily toe the line as older generations tended to.
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Behavioural Diversity
Social media is a major driver of behavioural diversity, do not treat social media as a single thing, there are differences and reactions between generations.
The use of data has become a tool to prove you are right. Often manipulated to support the argument being presented. The speed of information sharing has impacted behaviours too.
It is essential to create a single version of the truth to be the constant core for all data analysis and debate support.
Corporates and businesses are increasingly changing behaviour to push legal, compliance and even moral boundaries.
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Business Model Divergence
Your competitors are not playing on a level playing field, increasingly they are not even playing the same game as you as they implement a range of different business models.
Investors are tipping the balance as they target customer growth not profit whilst others drive short term value for M&A.
Internal investment profiles have diverged into feast & famine or constant drip.
Disrupters are using the ability to avoid labour costs and taxation along side investor punts to undercut your market under the banner of innovation.
What's your defence?
Oyster Advisor can offer a range of Education solutions from key note address at a conference through structured bespoke group learning in one or half day sessions. We can also support more formal learning as part of development programmes directly or through training providers. Happy to support University undergraduate and post graduate learning too.
