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Status, Respect, and the 10–25 Brain: Rethinking Young Talent at Work I Season 1 Finale of Direct Application with Matt Harrington

In the Season 1 finale of Direct Application, host Matt Harrington sits down with Dr. David Yeager, bestselling author of 10–25: The Science of Motivating Young People, for a timely and practical conversation on leadership, motivation, and the future of work.

Dr. Yeager’s research challenges one of the most common — and costly — assumptions in organizations today: that young people ages 10 to 25 are inherently immature or incompetent. Instead, he reframes adolescence and early adulthood as a distinct developmental window where status, respect, belonging, and purpose are the primary drivers of engagement and performance.

Together, Matt and David explore how leaders, managers, and organizations can apply these insights directly in the workplace — without lowering standards or sacrificing results.

Millennial Conflict: Texting Our Way to Resolution

In a world where we are often encouraged to speak face-to-face to people, that style may be too much of an “in your face” method for Millennials. Are we evolving into a society that can solve some of its conflicts through texting? We, as a society, may have to swallow a tough pill: the landscape of all things in human behavior and development is changing because of technology and we may have to adapt to that.