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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Mauro F. Guillén: Perennials and the Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Description: In todayâs world, the acceleration of megatrendsâincreasing longevity and the explosion of technology, among many othersâis transforming life as we know it.Leading sociologist and business economist Mauro F. GuillĂ©n explains that a new postgenerational workforce known as âperennialsââindividuals who are not pitted against each other either by their age or experienceâwill level the playing field so everyone has a chance at living a rewarding life.He argues that outmoded terms like Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have long been used to pigeonhole us into rigid categories and life stages th...