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Charlie Wooding's avatar

Nice read as always, I think one of the most observable voids of leadership you didn't touch on in this article is mentorship at work. People in my cohort (let's call it 90's babies) were/are told by their parents that you go to school, get a job, you show up and listen to your superiors, and in turn they pass their wisdom down on you to help you navigate the great uncertainty that is a career. In speaking to friends/colleagues, I can't think of a system that works less like those people envision. My colleagues are demanded to return to full time office work only to show up to an office where the executives only come in a few days a week and hardly have time to interact with you, instead asking you to simply sit around and be available to them when necessary. "Mentoring" to them seemingly means "sit on this call I am on and just listen" and I guess in turn you suddenly understand exactly what your supposed to be doing? This has, in my observation, helped create a generation of workers who are so detached from their job/company/colleagues and in turn void of any meaning from work, which perpetuates a nihilistic cycle where they feel powerless to create anything in the world around them. I think this is a huge problem in the "leadership" of our society who have zero interest in planting trees but instead tell us to be grateful for the shade their trees provide, not realizing the lack of sunlight isn't letting us plant any of our own.

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MURRAY ROSS's avatar

“risk-averse nostalgia machine”. I’ve been wanting to write about that and you nailed it in one phrase!

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