Today’s workforce is more complex than ever—five generations working side by side, each with their own expectations, preferences, and strong opinions about whether meetings should have been emails.
We’ve been told the key to making it work is understanding generational differences. So we’ve labeled, categorized, and analyzed every group until the org chart starts to look like a personality quiz.
And yet… things aren’t getting easier. Turns out, the conversation we created to solve the problem might actually be the problem.
After more than a decade leading teams inside a Fortune 50 company—and years watching organizations tie themselves in knots over generational dynamics—Matt Havens has come to a refreshingly simple conclusion: we’ve been overthinking this.
In this high-energy, laugh-out-loud keynote, Matt challenges the stereotypes we’ve all heard (and secretly believed), dismantles the “us vs. them” thinking that quietly fractures teams, and shows why we’re far more alike than we think.
Through humor, sharp insight, and relatable stories, audiences learn how to move beyond labels, communicate more effectively, and work better together—no matter their age or experience.
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