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WORLD WIDE CONSULTANTS WHO TEND THE FLAME OF SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT SHAPING THE GENERATIONS RELATIONSHIP TO HOPE + REALITY 2016 Polarity Learning Community

Facilitated By LINDSAY BURR SINGLA, MS GOALS

1. Applying polarities to understand cross-cultural conﬂict 2. Understanding socio-political messages of contemporary generations 3. Connecting to our own generation and others 4. Applying Reality + Hope as a polarity. HOPE + REALITY WHY HOPE + REALITY

1. Generations have conﬂict 2. Nested Polarities cause conﬂict – Thrive + Survive – Mission + Margin – Unconditional Respect + Conditional Respect – Rest + Activity – Play + Work – Diplomacy + Candor – Past/Present + Present/Future* – Feminine + Masculine 3. Seems to ultimately be a values dynamic which Hope + Reality encompasses GENERATION BREAKDOWN

1. Silents (1925-1945) 2. Baby Boomers (1946-1964) 3. Gen X (1965-1982) 4. Millenials/Gen Y (1983-2000) TASK

1. Assess your own generation Progress and Live, A beer life for my children, The life my parents imagined for me.

• People in my generaon have an excing • People in my generaon have a realisc view of vision for our future. ___ the future. ___ 100 – Almost • People in my generaon can see ways to make • People in my generaon do what is necessary Always their lives beer. ___ to ensure we have what we need. ___ 75 – Oen • People in my generaon uncondionally • People in my generaon condionally respect 50 – Somemes respect others, and deserve respect. ___ others, and earn respect. ___ 25 – Seldom • • 0 – Almost What has been can teach us what to change What has been can teach us why things are the Never for what could be. ___ way they are. ___ TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 = TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 =

Hope Reality

• People in my generaon have a vision of the • People in my generaon have an uninspiring future is impraccal. ___ picture of the future. ___ • • 100 – Almost People in my generaon are disconnected For people in my generaon, every part of life Never from what acons to take to make their lives is an obligaon. ___ 75 – Seldom beer. ___ • People in my generaon believe no one is 50 – Somemes • People in my generaon believe respect is not granted respect – it must be earned. ___ 25 – Oen earned – it is automacally granted. ___ • What is is completely dependent on what has 0 – Almost • What could be is independent of what has been. ___ Always been. ___ TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 = TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 = Slide Backwards and Die, A worse life for my children, A worse life than my parents expected for me. TASK

1. Assess your own generation – Results?

2. Assess another generation – Silents (1925-1945) and Gen X (1965-1982) – Boomers (1946-1964) and Millenials (1983-2000) Progress and Live, A beer life for my children, The life my parents imagined for me.

• People in my generaon have an excing • People in my generaon have a realisc view of vision for our future. the future. 100 – Almost • People in my generaon can see ways to make • People in my generaon do what is necessary Always their lives beer. to ensure we have what we need. 75 – Oen • People in my generaon uncondionally • People in my generaon condionally respect 50 – Somemes respect others, and deserve respect. others, and earn respect. 25 – Seldom • • 0 – Almost What has been can teach us what to change What has been can teach us why things are the Never for what could be. way they are. TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 = TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 =

Hope Reality

• People in my generaon have a vision of the • People in my generaon have an uninspiring future is impraccal. picture of the future. • • 100 – Almost People in my generaon are disconnected For people in my generaon, every part of life Never from what acons to take to make their lives is an obligaon. 75 – Seldom beer. • People in my generaon believe no one is 50 – Somemes • People in my generaon believe respect is not granted respect – it must be earned. 25 – Oen earned – it is automacally granted. • What is is completely dependent on what has 0 – Almost • What could be is independent of what has been. Always been. TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 = TOTAL for this quadrant: /4 = Slide Backwards and Die, A worse life for my children, A worse life than my parents expected for me. Progress and Live, A better life for my children, The life my parents imagined for me.

• People in my generation have an • People in my generation have a exciting vision for our future. realistic view of the future. • People in my generation can see • People in my generation do what is ways to make their lives better. necessary to ensure we have what we • People in my generation need. unconditionally respect others, and • People in my generation conditionally deserve respect. respect others, and earn respect. • What has been can teach us what • What has been can teach us why to change for what could be. things are the way they are. Hope Reality

• People in my generation have a • People in my generation have an vision of the future is impractical. uninspiring picture of the future. • People in my generation are • For people in my generation, every disconnected from what actions to part of life is an obligation. take to make their lives better. • People in my generation believe no • People in my generation believe one is granted respect – it must be respect is not earned – it is earned. automatically granted. • What is is completely dependent on • What could be is independent of what has been. what has been.

Slide Backwards and Die, A worse life for my children, A worse life than my parents expected for me. DEBRIEF

1. How did you rate your own generation? 2. Did any Action Steps and Early Warnings come to you? 3. How did you rate the other generation? 4. Do any Action Steps and Early Warnings come to you? SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE GENERATIONS Silents (1925-1945) Baby Boomers (1946-1964) Gen X (1965-1982) Millenials/Gen Y (1983-2000) SILENTS – POLITICAL CONTEXT

Presidents: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman Domestic Events: 1924 – Congress gives indigenous people right to citizenship 1925 – First women elected as Governor (Wyoming + Texas) 1929-33 – Stock Market Crash Leads to Great Depression 1933 – Prohibition Ends 1941 – Pearl Harbor Global Events: 1925 – Hitler ﬁnishes Mein Kampf 1937 – “Marco Polo Bridge Incident” leads to war between Japan and China 1939 – Germany invaded Poland 1945 – US drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrenders. BABY BOOMERS– POLITICAL CONTEXT

Presidents: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson Domestic Events: 1950-53 – Korean War 1950-54 – McCarthyism 1954 – Desegregation in Schools 1956 – Elvis’ hit #1 with “Heartbreak Hotel” 1963 – President Kennedy assassinated; Johnson becomes president, Betty Friedan publishes “Feminine Mystique” 1964 – Beatles hit #1 with “I want to hold your hand” Global Events: 1947 - Truman Doctrine. Cold War with Soviet Union begins 1948 – Marshall Plan, Gandhi Assassinated 1952 – Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 1961 – Bay of Pigs 1962 – Cuban missile crisis. GEN X – POLITICAL CONTEXT

Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter Domestic Events: 1965 – Sonny and Cher hit #1 “I got you babe” 1968 - Martin Luther King assassinated. US joins Vietnam War. 1969 – Woodstock, Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon. 1972 - Nixon re-elected and makes historic visit to China. 1973 - Vietnam ceaseﬁre agreement signed. 1974 - Nixon Resigns/Watergate Scandal 1982 – Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) expired in the Senate Global Events: Cold War continues 1979 - US embassy in Tehran, Iran, seized by radical students. 444-day hostage crisis. MILLENIALS – POLITICAL CONTEXT

Presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton Domestic Events: 1983 – First cell phone commercially available 1984 – Madonna hit #1 with “Like a Virgin” 1986 – Space shuttle Challenger explodes 1987 – Stock Market Crash 1990-1991 – Gulf War 1994 – “Friends” premiered 1995 – Oklahoma City Bombing 1998 – Clinton Impeachment 1999 – Columbine Shooting, Cher hit #1 with “Believe” Global Events: 1989 – Berlin Wall came down 1999 – US aids Yugoslavia response to Serbia’s ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo. REVIEW

1. What do you remember experiencing? 2. How, if at all, does this change your perspective? 3. New Action Steps and Early warnings for your generation? 4. New Action Steps and Early warnings for the other one you assessed? THANK YOU!

Lindsay Burr Singla, MS

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