I think I’d be pretty happy if I had these albums in a desert island scenario… especially if I could do some sampling/remixing 😜
- The Planets - Gustav Holst
- Billie Holliday on Verve
- Charlie Parker on Verve
- The Firebird suite - Igor Stravinsky
- Gnossiene - Eric Satie
- The Heart of Saturday - Tom Waits
- Ready to die - The Notorious B.I.G.
- 20 Street Years - DJ Muro
- Brilliant Corners - Thelonius Monk
- Somethin’ Else - Cannonball Adderley
No, you don’t know how to manage genZ (or any other cohort) because that’s not a fucking thing.
Start here:
Fight to pay them more. Period. This should be at the top of your daily to-do list. Your team is the reason you have a job, and they’re the reason your shareholders live such splendid lives. So, you want to keep your position(s) of benefit & security? Then never stop fighting for worker’s pay & benefit INCREASES. It is really hard to care about management, production (or shareholders 🙄) when you can’t take care of yourself or your family.
Curate a safe, work-focused environment that supports the life-cycle of a product that actually solves current, real-world problems like - global warming, profiteering, equality, etc.
Stop managing and learn how to lead.
Leaders:
Know how to say, “I don’t know.”
Show / do by example
Share knowledge
Support and foster knowledge sharing.
Shut their goddamn mouths and trust their teams to succeed (that’s why you hired them in the first place right?) and when the team/member falls short of PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON goals you work together to address the extenuating circumstance(s).
Every company’s greatest asset and product is the verve, innovation, and vision of its employees. Squash, or worse, fail to invest in any of these aspects of your workforce and the human beings you’re trying to “manage” will “manage” themselves into better working conditions elsewhere.