It seems that the world tends to feel comfortable naming the younger generation as "Generation Z," "Yutori Generation," or "Generation XX.
Our generation was called the "dampened generation" or something like that,
"I was uncomfortable, to say the least".
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It was distasteful, as if all college students "underestimated their studies and were playing for amusement.
I was constantly debunking every old guy who used the "XX generation." Like the following.
- Staying up all night every other week to write reports,
- Attending lectures every day, day after day,
- Leaving the seminar lab around 3:00 a.m. (I was surrounded by police officers and questioned in front of the Hamagurimikado gate when the Showa Emperor died.)
- Working part-time, seven days a week,
- paid my tuition for the second half of college and graduate school,
- sometimes crouching in the street with chest pains that made it impossible to breathe,
"And my generation is 'what'?"
'I don't know about other college students, but I have never met a single "young guy" around me that you would "expect" to be there.'
'That's strange. All those college students around you were like that.'
And so, I was debunking every old man who talked about the "XX generation."
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"Generation Z is "passive and waiting for instructions."
Young people, you can be angry against this phrase.
Screw you!" And you can yell back.
In the first place, don't let those who were called "Yutori," "Bubble," and "Shirake" talk about the youth with such bravado. It's not nice to see.
Rather, you can say?
"You should be ashamed of your inability to give detailed and precise instructions to your young subordinates, you incompetent manager."
Because it's true.
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I will try to be as detailed as possible when I ask someone to do a job.
The process is so much more time-consuming.
In particular, I give instructions on the "final form (goal) of the work" in as much detail as possible.
This means that you run the risk of not being able to escape by blaming your subordinates for your work's failure, but that is the risk you run in the first place. Asking someone else to do a job for you is to take that risk.
Those who run away with phrases like "Generation Z is passive and waits for instructions" are, in essence, "slackers" who don't want to take risks.
There is a simple phrase to recognize these guys.
Anyone who says, "I value the autonomy of young people," is a "slacker" for sure.
I have not believed anyone who uses this phrase even once.
And I am convinced that this decision was not wrong.
At the school's information session, I remember the principal's words: "We will provide an education that nurtures individuality.
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? EE Times Japan編集部 (@eetimes_jp) June 24, 2019
Please refer to the following page in the column,?
"The article on this page, "-- Education that fosters individuality? Don't make me laugh."
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To begin with,
- When your boss told that you are free to do what you want, and you do it freely, the boss will complain about it,
- If you do what your boss orders,? the boss complains that you only say what you do the orders.
If someone can do the job, you can say, "That's not a human being.
Passive, waiting-for-directions type - that's fine.
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As a rule, I was also "passive and waiting for instructions," but that does not mean I did nothing.
I 'shut up' and did the work I felt I needed to do.
Because,?
"If I speak, my boss will be "crushed" for sure."
In my case, it went like this.