Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace
What it is
An excerpt of Simon Sinek on Inside Quest discussing millennials in the workplace. He covers parenting, technology, social media dopamine and what that means for managers.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters recommend it for its take on managing young employees and on how technology and approval-seeking affect behavior.
- 5 people recommended it
- 5 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2018
What HN commenters said
“Simon Sinek explains it perfectly”
Sinek on tech and approval-seeking
Swizec, 2017-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Why I deleted my Facebook account”
“this video by Simon Sinek on "Millennials in the Workplace" can be enlightening”
Sinek on managing young talent
cj, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “How much does employee turnover really cost?”
“Hereis a great talk by Simon Sinek on how these dopamine hits and how technology are affecting the millennial generation”
How dopamine hits affect millennials
audiolion, 2017-11 · Recommendation · in “Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psychology”
“This Simon Sinek interview about millennials in the workplace might resonate with your situation”
May resonate with workplace frustration
vesak, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?”
“worth to watch before that to get where his point is coming from”
Pertinent point around the 8m30 mark
richrichardsson, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-job-training?”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: simon sinek, management, millennials, social media, workplace culture
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