Connecting Is Not Enough - The Networking Radio Show

Are today's young adults really that different from previous generations? In this fascinating episode, Andy Lopata sits down with Alexis Redding, who shares the incredible story of a Harvard study where she unearthed a lost trove of college student interviews from the 1970s and tracked down the participants 50 years later to play back their tapes. Through this unique "time capsule" research—and by replicating the study with the college classes of 2025 and 2026—Alexis reveals the surprising connective tissue across generations. Andy and Alexis look closely into the myth of generational differences and the impact of "micro-mentoring" and "mirror mentoring" in both academia and the workplace. Alexis Redding is a developmental psychologist, faculty co-chair of higher education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a leading expert on young adults navigating college and career. She is the co-author of The End of Adolescence: The Lost Art of Delaying Adulthood and the author of the upcoming book, Ment