 That equality relationship in the workplace with will invariably impact on the desired productivity and outcome, especially for nation building. This was a submission of the convener of the employee marketplace buying and selling of Gen Z's building trust and leadership support in modern workplace held in Lagos. It is a fifth in a series of research and presentations focused on young professionals in the modern workplace. The searchlight here is on how to achieve cross-generational balance, productivity and innovation in the workplace. Under-night chair Izirike is a convener. He believes organization must be intentional in terms of designing policies, programs that must ensure that these generations work together. He is also of the views that policies must be designed in such a way that recognizes a shift in technology and behaviors, but at the same time not destroying the values of the organization. Especially for nation building, if you don't get a workplace right, you cannot get a marketplace right. So all we have done is to be able to continuously engage Nigerians to understand that the workplace must be strong enough to accommodate several generations in that way, the future of work will work for everybody. I wouldn't say the values are changing, but the values have been watered down because now people are looking towards tending to survival as opposed to just living a nice happy life, you know, with a nice economy and a fantastic political environment and landscape. So because of how things have moved, they really don't have a choice than to shift towards survival and then sometimes to survive you need to let people know that they can get it. Blinding between generations, no doubt, can be much of an issue. Nevertheless, most participants hold strongly that the reset depth of wisdom, experience and collaboration that could be gained in both generations view things with a learning and growth perspective. They also posited that the quality of relationship in the workplace will invariably impact on the productivity and desired outcome. I always say that motive is the critical thing. If you can understand motives, you can relate to anybody. Once you're not biased about motives and it makes it bridge, it breaches that gap, the divide and you'll be able to relate to anyone because you're able to understand why each person is doing what they want to do, what they want to achieve. Inasmuch as disruption, as I know it is a positive world, but disruption without the process, disruption without the goals, disruption without the structure cannot take place, all right. So you must be able to align whatever goals you have with the process. They believe in structure. This has been the way it is before. So it has to keep being the same thing, but it's not the same for with the Gen Z. So they need to calm down, learn to understand us, have a meeting point with us. They understand why we try to understand them, but I think they have the more responsibility to really come down from the high horses and understand us, understand the way we think and the way we do our things. Mr. Austin Osukbo is worried about how some of the Gen Zs express their energy. Our positive things about Gen Z, there is so much huge energy in Gen Z, but how do they express that energy? What opportunities do they have to express that energy in our society today? You see people lock themselves inside, they have to go out. They are not spotting facilities. The stadiums are rotting away. And youth have energy. They must express that energy one way or the other. The beauty and the strength of every organization lies in the versatility the organization brings to form. And this lies on the fundamental strength you get from your diversity. The younger ones, the older ones, people with different views. It's only in the creative space that we play. These guys have got a lot of energy they bring in, but at the same time, teachability is non-negotiable. That's where the confluence of energy and ideas come to form. So it is important. The balance, non-negotiable. The consensus is that the younger ones need to learn how to manage reputation. Just as the older ones must learn how to listen and be humble enough to apologize when wrong. Love Ikuku Uyidoku. Plus TV News.