Comments on: Gender in the workplace: Penelope Trunk and I agree (mostly) http://facibusreviews.com/blog/2007/08/03/gender-in-the-workplace-penelope-trunk-and-i-agree-mostly/ Andrew Boyd reviews life, design, and Shiraz Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: AndrewBoyd http://facibusreviews.com/blog/2007/08/03/gender-in-the-workplace-penelope-trunk-and-i-agree-mostly/#comment-293 AndrewBoyd Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:41:20 +0000 http://facibusreviews.com/blog/2007/08/03/gender-in-the-workplace-penelope-trunk-and-i-agree-mostly/#comment-293 Hi Jeri, thank you for your comment. I love Penelope Trunk's writing all to death (mostly) and agree with her (mostly). On your particular point, I am happy to join you in calling her on this one. That and a nasty cold and I am slightly less diplomatic than I might otherwise be, so here goes the rant: Like Anne Zelenka and Ryan Healy, Penelope is a modernist - i.e. anything that has not been invented by a member of her generation has less value. It is an easy sell to people within that generation because they are still young enough to think that they know everything :) I'm first year Gen X by some standards (1965) and this "all you old folks get out of the way and let me do my thing" thing is something that every generation seems to re-invent. It is annoying that they cannot see that their parents felt the same way at some stage, and annoying that they cannot see that their children will feel the same way. They shall learn. Best regards, Andrew Hi Jeri,

thank you for your comment.

I love Penelope Trunk’s writing all to death (mostly) and agree with her (mostly). On your particular point, I am happy to join you in calling her on this one. That and a nasty cold and I am slightly less diplomatic than I might otherwise be, so here goes the rant:

Like Anne Zelenka and Ryan Healy, Penelope is a modernist - i.e. anything that has not been invented by a member of her generation has less value. It is an easy sell to people within that generation because they are still young enough to think that they know everything :)
I’m first year Gen X by some standards (1965) and this “all you old folks get out of the way and let me do my thing” thing is something that every generation seems to re-invent. It is annoying that they cannot see that their parents felt the same way at some stage, and annoying that they cannot see that their children will feel the same way. They shall learn.

Best regards, Andrew

]]> By: Jeri http://facibusreviews.com/blog/2007/08/03/gender-in-the-workplace-penelope-trunk-and-i-agree-mostly/#comment-292 Jeri Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:22:02 +0000 http://facibusreviews.com/blog/2007/08/03/gender-in-the-workplace-penelope-trunk-and-i-agree-mostly/#comment-292 Did you read Ms. Trunk's post today on <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/08/03/coachology-learn-to-wrestle-leadership-roles-from-boomers/" rel="nofollow">How do you wrestle leadership roles from baby boomers?</a> Usually I can connect to her posts, even though she writes from a decidedly different Gen-X perspective than me. (I'm a last year baby-boomer) Today's, though, rubbed me the wrong way, made me feel like she thinks my generation has no value, just bodies to climb over on her way to the top. Did you read Ms. Trunk’s post today on How do you wrestle leadership roles from baby boomers? Usually I can connect to her posts, even though she writes from a decidedly different Gen-X perspective than me. (I’m a last year baby-boomer) Today’s, though, rubbed me the wrong way, made me feel like she thinks my generation has no value, just bodies to climb over on her way to the top.

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