At my health club, regular face-to-face chats are vital to my cognitive and emotional health. There are benefits beyond the weight training & aerobics. A space for multi-generational exchanges. Including among and with Gen Zers.

While a small sample, I’ve been both inspired by Gen Z and concerned. Inspired because they have something to say about all the sh*t that’s rolled downhill (as the saying goes) on them. A sensitivity.

I’m concerned about their social skills – to voice their predicament (as discussed below). To take on debate, dissent, discomfort. To carry conversations beyond the black & white framing of so much that’s hit the fan.