GENERATION X & Y; DOES IT WORK HERE? part one

I have been very interested with this generation X and Y demographics for as long as I can remember. I just wanted to see it from the Nigerian context, to be sure it happens here and if it happens here. Truth is, generation X and Y happens everywhere. I have been hearing that word and my curiosity heightened. The best way to learn is to understand because understanding gives you wisdom, the light to excel.

What Generation X and Y represent is very important to work ethics and success of any organisation. If we understand the dynamics, our relationships will be better. We have to accept that this Generation X and Y demographics exist here in Nigeria, not by lip service but by the way employer and employee relate. It will demystify a lot of myths and help human relationships on all levels.

There are different meanings to the generation X and Y demographics but my favourite remains this explanation I read from an article. It describes the Generation Xers as people between 1961 -1981, the Yers; born between 1982 – 2002 and of course the Baby Boomers who are our supposed parents born between 1943 – 1960.  Some describe the Yers as people between the ages of 18 – 28 and the Xers as people between 29 – 42. The Generation Y to which I belong by these demographics are the tech savvy of this generation and that is the truth. For us technology is so much fun and we spend so much time on line that we do watching TV. But for the Xers used techs to support a lifestyle need.  I find this to be very interesting and very enlightening. It helps me understand a whole lot of things and how I am not alone in my behavioural pattern; after all it is okay to belong to the Yers, it is what the society has become.

RELATIONSHIPS

I write this with preference to human relationships and preference to work place myths. It is part of our training syllabus, we have been hearing it around here but do we actually practise it to its every letter around here? Are the Xers willing to accept the Yers just as we are or they expect the Yers to conform?

Parents will understand their teenagers better and guide them to make right choices. The world has changed and when you have curious Yers under your roof, they will satisfy that hunger even without your help. The whole is different. Our expectations, values and motivations are just different.
The Yers want balance and sacrifice is different for them. Families are structured differently and human relationships are just different.

 To be continued.........
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