South Korean drama of a fictional kind as Netflix winds up the Squid Game hype machine in Paris
Planet Business: Words of the year, Intel’s interim arrangement and the Death Clock app that claims to predict your likely date of death
Generation Z
Is remote working bad for productivity?
Many company bosses are pushing for a complete return to the office but does research and lived experience back that position
Clocking out: Why Gen Z are saying no to management roles
‘Conscious unbossing’ is the new buzz phrase in Gen Z-based employment, but is it just individualism repackaged?
Generation Z review: This mindless zombie horror could do with more brainpower
Television: Ben Wheatley’s zombie horror about iPhone-addicted kids and ravenous boomers suffers from muddled metaphors about intergenerational tensions
Who doesn’t savour another chance to demonise Generation Zed? (Don’t reach out to ‘correct’ my pronunciation)
‘Zee’ is an Americanism. So how come it seems to have been used in Ireland since Jack Lynch was taoiseach?
From ‘brat summer’ to ‘demure Kamala’: how Gen Z are tearing up the rules of mainstream politics
Kamala Harris has been criticised for being light on policy, strong on vibes. But that fits with the current mood of visual and online culture – and, increasingly, with what Gen Z want from politics
The Irish Times view on Lamine Yamal: age is just a number
The footballer’s emergence comes against a backdrop of shifting attitudes towards age and responsibility
Making sense of Gen Z: employers seek answers on managing younger workers
Advisers from social media influencers to big consultants offer guidance on how to recruit and retain 20-somethings
Catholicism is having a moment: A new generation finds solace in the Confession box and sense of community
Many millennials and Gen Z-ers have a renewed interest in so-called ‘community Catholicism’, but it’s an engagement that’s purely on their terms
Will Generation Z be better off than their parents?
Smart Money: Chances are they will be, but a lot of things have to go their way
Older workers and managers need to remember the experience of their younger selves
Intergenerational strife is nothing new but technology and a broken social contract are exacerbating workplace tensions
Róisín Ingle: The olds. The youngs. The middles. We’re all just muddling through
The author of White Teeth calls them 'the youngs' which is a much less judgmental term than 'the youth of today' or even 'kids these days'
Arlo Parks in Dublin review: An energetic, intimate performance to kick off her tour
The crowd take in every word from the Mercury-winning singer-songwriter as her sweet voice contrasts contrast with her hard-hitting band
Seán Moncrieff: My kids are quite open with me about their lives. Too open, sometimes
The generation gap is far less now than it was between me and my parents at that age
Pilita Clark: Move over millennials, perennials are on the march
Today’s generational labels are flawed and divisive but thankfully more and more of us have stopped acting our age
New News: Gen Z’s emerging current affairs culture
Among young adults, a trend for deeper engagement with news is emerging, according to a qualitative study carried out by Dublin research agency Bricolage. It finds 18- to 26-year-olds querying everything they read, writes the agency’s managing director, Viv Chambers
Brianna Parkins: Maybe the Gen Zs are right to stop treating workplaces like ‘family’
I for one will welcome our new chaotic overlords when they eventually take charge – even if they are too scared to make a phone call
You can’t pin workforce problems all on Gen Z
Managers must take time to help ease the anxieties of a Covid generation
Big law firms fall out of fashion with idealistic Generation Z
More young and aspiring lawyers are prioritising employers with flexible hours and similar values, survey finds
Hybrid working boosts careers, Gen Z workers say
New survey finds "cultural shifts" needed to harness potential
Stop moaning about Gen Z grads – they might teach us something
PwC and Deloitte say new hires lack communication skills, but should these recruits conform to boomer workforce rules?
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