I have definitely noticed this but at the moment I think we are in the inbetween with Boomers in their last years of formal working - and most likely to be in leadership positions of large staid MNCs; Gen X in mid - to - high level management and largely influenced by boomers ideals of hard work and good money (but not necessarily the one career, in one organisation, moving up the ladder - possibly more moving around and diversification); then Gen Y, millenials and Gen Z...
The Boomers and Gen X-ers are probably more on the burnout motivation for change, but later generations are more influenced by the rising level of climate events, bleak future outlooks, apocolyptic and distopia rhetoric in arts and culture (and possibly witnessing the burnout of their parents) in choosing a 'career' path that is more blue-collar, more balanced, less focused on money and income and more focused on an overall happy life, mental health etc..
So I think what happens next will be the most interesting part - especially with so much global discussion around climate loss and damage funds, power and priviledge, global north vs global south, the next pandemic (what if covid or worse happens again?), reparations for slavery, decolonisation, the value of capitalism and the global financial architecture, etc etc. Could be revolutionary!
Oh and I am wondering if maybe this move towards more manual labour isn't also a push against the system of money in terms of being prepared for a collapse of civilisation, building survival skills, preparing for a barter economy, or even a set up for a possible circular economy future - like more localisation and less reliance on globalisation (although I also agree with Ian Bremmer when he argues that we are in a bit of a no-going-back in terms of globalisation https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/globalization-isnt-dead).
I have definitely noticed this but at the moment I think we are in the inbetween with Boomers in their last years of formal working - and most likely to be in leadership positions of large staid MNCs; Gen X in mid - to - high level management and largely influenced by boomers ideals of hard work and good money (but not necessarily the one career, in one organisation, moving up the ladder - possibly more moving around and diversification); then Gen Y, millenials and Gen Z...
The Boomers and Gen X-ers are probably more on the burnout motivation for change, but later generations are more influenced by the rising level of climate events, bleak future outlooks, apocolyptic and distopia rhetoric in arts and culture (and possibly witnessing the burnout of their parents) in choosing a 'career' path that is more blue-collar, more balanced, less focused on money and income and more focused on an overall happy life, mental health etc..
So I think what happens next will be the most interesting part - especially with so much global discussion around climate loss and damage funds, power and priviledge, global north vs global south, the next pandemic (what if covid or worse happens again?), reparations for slavery, decolonisation, the value of capitalism and the global financial architecture, etc etc. Could be revolutionary!
Oh and I am wondering if maybe this move towards more manual labour isn't also a push against the system of money in terms of being prepared for a collapse of civilisation, building survival skills, preparing for a barter economy, or even a set up for a possible circular economy future - like more localisation and less reliance on globalisation (although I also agree with Ian Bremmer when he argues that we are in a bit of a no-going-back in terms of globalisation https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/globalization-isnt-dead).
Everything is connected ;)