Alex Atherton
@alexatherton.bsky.social
Author of The Snowflake Myth, public speaker, coach
Readers dear readers!
Seeing these come through has been a big highlight of 2025.
It's one thing WRITING another book.
Quite another hearing from others who are READING it.
Seeing these come through has been a big highlight of 2025.
It's one thing WRITING another book.
Quite another hearing from others who are READING it.
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Readers dear readers!
Seeing these come through has been a big highlight of 2025.
It's one thing WRITING another book.
Quite another hearing from others who are READING it.
Seeing these come through has been a big highlight of 2025.
It's one thing WRITING another book.
Quite another hearing from others who are READING it.
I can't ask for any better than this review.
Still time to order for Christmas!
That includes my website - but anywhere online you expect to find paperbacks, ebooks or audiobooks The Snowflake Myth is available for you.
Still time to order for Christmas!
That includes my website - but anywhere online you expect to find paperbacks, ebooks or audiobooks The Snowflake Myth is available for you.
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I can't ask for any better than this review.
Still time to order for Christmas!
That includes my website - but anywhere online you expect to find paperbacks, ebooks or audiobooks The Snowflake Myth is available for you.
Still time to order for Christmas!
That includes my website - but anywhere online you expect to find paperbacks, ebooks or audiobooks The Snowflake Myth is available for you.
Publishing The Snowflake Myth has been such a highlight of this or any other year.
Very grateful to everyone who reviewed it too - a big thank you!
Out now as paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Very grateful to everyone who reviewed it too - a big thank you!
Out now as paperback, ebook and audiobook.
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Publishing The Snowflake Myth has been such a highlight of this or any other year.
Very grateful to everyone who reviewed it too - a big thank you!
Out now as paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Very grateful to everyone who reviewed it too - a big thank you!
Out now as paperback, ebook and audiobook.
What are the collective responsibilities of your workforce?
If you asked them what would they say?
What would you want them to say?
More from my recent conversation with Catherine Hulme
If you asked them what would they say?
What would you want them to say?
More from my recent conversation with Catherine Hulme
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What are the collective responsibilities of your workforce?
If you asked them what would they say?
What would you want them to say?
More from my recent conversation with Catherine Hulme
If you asked them what would they say?
What would you want them to say?
More from my recent conversation with Catherine Hulme
So you apply for a job. In fact you apply for hundreds.
And then you find out it didn't exist.
I'm not even talking about the 'we put it out only because we had to - already filled by internal candidate' trick.
And then you find out it didn't exist.
I'm not even talking about the 'we put it out only because we had to - already filled by internal candidate' trick.
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So you apply for a job. In fact you apply for hundreds.
And then you find out it didn't exist.
I'm not even talking about the 'we put it out only because we had to - already filled by internal candidate' trick.
And then you find out it didn't exist.
I'm not even talking about the 'we put it out only because we had to - already filled by internal candidate' trick.
Damn right I'm proud of this.
Not least in how conversations are changing.
There's still a lot of 'young staff just need to fit in or go away' (or versions of that).
But there's also plenty of 'how can we adapt to them?'
Not least in how conversations are changing.
There's still a lot of 'young staff just need to fit in or go away' (or versions of that).
But there's also plenty of 'how can we adapt to them?'
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Damn right I'm proud of this.
Not least in how conversations are changing.
There's still a lot of 'young staff just need to fit in or go away' (or versions of that).
But there's also plenty of 'how can we adapt to them?'
Not least in how conversations are changing.
There's still a lot of 'young staff just need to fit in or go away' (or versions of that).
But there's also plenty of 'how can we adapt to them?'
What does it look like in practice when a multigenerational teams has very different communication styles?
More from my conversation with Alison Blackler here.
#genz #generationz #generations #multigenerational
More from my conversation with Alison Blackler here.
#genz #generationz #generations #multigenerational
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What does it look like in practice when a multigenerational teams has very different communication styles?
More from my conversation with Alison Blackler here.
#genz #generationz #generations #multigenerational
More from my conversation with Alison Blackler here.
#genz #generationz #generations #multigenerational
FINALLY the audiobook version of The Snowflake Myth is out now!
It's great to see it on Spotify, Apple and other places where I don't listen to music (I'm a Tidal person).
Seriously though it is available on audiobook platforms -
It's great to see it on Spotify, Apple and other places where I don't listen to music (I'm a Tidal person).
Seriously though it is available on audiobook platforms -
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
FINALLY the audiobook version of The Snowflake Myth is out now!
It's great to see it on Spotify, Apple and other places where I don't listen to music (I'm a Tidal person).
Seriously though it is available on audiobook platforms -
It's great to see it on Spotify, Apple and other places where I don't listen to music (I'm a Tidal person).
Seriously though it is available on audiobook platforms -
Maybe I shouldn't have blown the marketing budget on this.*
But it's still a big week.
The audiobook version of The Snowflake Myth:Explaining Gen Z in the workplace and beyond is about to be released across all platforms.
But it's still a big week.
The audiobook version of The Snowflake Myth:Explaining Gen Z in the workplace and beyond is about to be released across all platforms.
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Maybe I shouldn't have blown the marketing budget on this.*
But it's still a big week.
The audiobook version of The Snowflake Myth:Explaining Gen Z in the workplace and beyond is about to be released across all platforms.
But it's still a big week.
The audiobook version of The Snowflake Myth:Explaining Gen Z in the workplace and beyond is about to be released across all platforms.
Some of my peers are intimidated by Gen Z.
We need to talk about ephebiphobia.
Ephebiphobia? Fear of the young.
We need to talk about ephebiphobia.
Ephebiphobia? Fear of the young.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Some of my peers are intimidated by Gen Z.
We need to talk about ephebiphobia.
Ephebiphobia? Fear of the young.
We need to talk about ephebiphobia.
Ephebiphobia? Fear of the young.
"If you need to know the time Big Ben is opposite where you will be standing."
I love a room with a view.
And the top floor of the Urbanest building in Waterloo has got a good as view as any. Opposite the Houses of Parliament, London Eye and the river.
I love a room with a view.
And the top floor of the Urbanest building in Waterloo has got a good as view as any. Opposite the Houses of Parliament, London Eye and the river.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"If you need to know the time Big Ben is opposite where you will be standing."
I love a room with a view.
And the top floor of the Urbanest building in Waterloo has got a good as view as any. Opposite the Houses of Parliament, London Eye and the river.
I love a room with a view.
And the top floor of the Urbanest building in Waterloo has got a good as view as any. Opposite the Houses of Parliament, London Eye and the river.
What a lovely bunch I worked with from the University of Birmingham!
But let me tell you they are a lot more than that - there's some deep thinking going on here about their multigenerational workplace and Gen Z within it.
But let me tell you they are a lot more than that - there's some deep thinking going on here about their multigenerational workplace and Gen Z within it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What a lovely bunch I worked with from the University of Birmingham!
But let me tell you they are a lot more than that - there's some deep thinking going on here about their multigenerational workplace and Gen Z within it.
But let me tell you they are a lot more than that - there's some deep thinking going on here about their multigenerational workplace and Gen Z within it.
Sometimes I talk to people about Gen Z and they are at the start of their journey.
They have a sense that they may see the workplace, including schools, differently but not sure as to the how and why.
They have a sense that they may see the workplace, including schools, differently but not sure as to the how and why.
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sometimes I talk to people about Gen Z and they are at the start of their journey.
They have a sense that they may see the workplace, including schools, differently but not sure as to the how and why.
They have a sense that they may see the workplace, including schools, differently but not sure as to the how and why.
Let me tell you something uncomfortable about my generation.
Being a 'workaholic' was a badge of honour. Not a problem.
In The Snowflake Myth, I describe the truth Gen X often doesn't want to admit:
We didn't have work-life balance. Too often we had, and continue to have, work-life destruction.
Being a 'workaholic' was a badge of honour. Not a problem.
In The Snowflake Myth, I describe the truth Gen X often doesn't want to admit:
We didn't have work-life balance. Too often we had, and continue to have, work-life destruction.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Let me tell you something uncomfortable about my generation.
Being a 'workaholic' was a badge of honour. Not a problem.
In The Snowflake Myth, I describe the truth Gen X often doesn't want to admit:
We didn't have work-life balance. Too often we had, and continue to have, work-life destruction.
Being a 'workaholic' was a badge of honour. Not a problem.
In The Snowflake Myth, I describe the truth Gen X often doesn't want to admit:
We didn't have work-life balance. Too often we had, and continue to have, work-life destruction.
Long hours culture never worked as people thought it did.
Gen Z has better ideas.
Gen Z has better ideas.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Long hours culture never worked as people thought it did.
Gen Z has better ideas.
Gen Z has better ideas.
I made my Vistage debut last week, and it couldn't have been with a nicer bunch of folks.
A huge thank you to Antonia Maclean for all support in advance and help on the day.
A huge thank you to Antonia Maclean for all support in advance and help on the day.
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I made my Vistage debut last week, and it couldn't have been with a nicer bunch of folks.
A huge thank you to Antonia Maclean for all support in advance and help on the day.
A huge thank you to Antonia Maclean for all support in advance and help on the day.
Are you planning your 2026 conference lineup?
I'm seeing an interesting pattern in my booking calendar: some organisations are scrambling to fill late 2025 slots, while others have already locked in September 2026.
I'm seeing an interesting pattern in my booking calendar: some organisations are scrambling to fill late 2025 slots, while others have already locked in September 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Are you planning your 2026 conference lineup?
I'm seeing an interesting pattern in my booking calendar: some organisations are scrambling to fill late 2025 slots, while others have already locked in September 2026.
I'm seeing an interesting pattern in my booking calendar: some organisations are scrambling to fill late 2025 slots, while others have already locked in September 2026.
Looking forward to it - about to go live! @tre.radio
On Hannah Murray's 'TRE in the Afternoon' from 16.00CET, Lewis Senior's 'Personalities Remixed', @alexatherton.bsky.social on 'The Snowflake Myth: Explaining Gen Z in the workplace and beyond', and David Margolick's 'When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy'
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looking forward to it - about to go live! @tre.radio
What a great crowd at the Richmond Learning and Development forum yesterday!
Of course having Davina McCall as the opening act to warm folks up didn't do any harm 😎*
Of course having Davina McCall as the opening act to warm folks up didn't do any harm 😎*
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What a great crowd at the Richmond Learning and Development forum yesterday!
Of course having Davina McCall as the opening act to warm folks up didn't do any harm 😎*
Of course having Davina McCall as the opening act to warm folks up didn't do any harm 😎*
A huge thank you to Carla Miller for having me on her show.
There are so many misunderstandings about Gen Z in the workplace, including on the role they might play in a multi-generational workforce.
https://pod.link/1435136477
It's the Influence and Impact for Leaders Podcast
There are so many misunderstandings about Gen Z in the workplace, including on the role they might play in a multi-generational workforce.
https://pod.link/1435136477
It's the Influence and Impact for Leaders Podcast
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A huge thank you to Carla Miller for having me on her show.
There are so many misunderstandings about Gen Z in the workplace, including on the role they might play in a multi-generational workforce.
https://pod.link/1435136477
It's the Influence and Impact for Leaders Podcast
There are so many misunderstandings about Gen Z in the workplace, including on the role they might play in a multi-generational workforce.
https://pod.link/1435136477
It's the Influence and Impact for Leaders Podcast
Quiet brilliance is often overlooked.
Why?
Are introverts missing out in today's society?
Why?
Are introverts missing out in today's society?
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Quiet brilliance is often overlooked.
Why?
Are introverts missing out in today's society?
Why?
Are introverts missing out in today's society?
In the end Sean Bean wasn't available to do the reading for my audiobook.
The same applies to Emma Thompson, Brian Blessed (tempting), David Harewood or Juliet Stevenson.
But then again I thought - I've got a great face for radio! Let's use it for an audiobook!
The same applies to Emma Thompson, Brian Blessed (tempting), David Harewood or Juliet Stevenson.
But then again I thought - I've got a great face for radio! Let's use it for an audiobook!
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
In the end Sean Bean wasn't available to do the reading for my audiobook.
The same applies to Emma Thompson, Brian Blessed (tempting), David Harewood or Juliet Stevenson.
But then again I thought - I've got a great face for radio! Let's use it for an audiobook!
The same applies to Emma Thompson, Brian Blessed (tempting), David Harewood or Juliet Stevenson.
But then again I thought - I've got a great face for radio! Let's use it for an audiobook!
I really believe that senior leaders need the very best professional support.
Too often those who reach the top think that professional development isn't for them - yet it is when you need it most.
I'm proud to be associated with the Staff College and all it does.
Too often those who reach the top think that professional development isn't for them - yet it is when you need it most.
I'm proud to be associated with the Staff College and all it does.
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I really believe that senior leaders need the very best professional support.
Too often those who reach the top think that professional development isn't for them - yet it is when you need it most.
I'm proud to be associated with the Staff College and all it does.
Too often those who reach the top think that professional development isn't for them - yet it is when you need it most.
I'm proud to be associated with the Staff College and all it does.
Lots of new followers so if we've not met
Hi 👋 I'm Alex, I work with senior leaders and teams to unlock their full potential while bridging generational divides in the workplace.
🎤 SPEAKING - I'm an award winning keynote speaker specialising in Gen Z and generations:
Hi 👋 I'm Alex, I work with senior leaders and teams to unlock their full potential while bridging generational divides in the workplace.
🎤 SPEAKING - I'm an award winning keynote speaker specialising in Gen Z and generations:
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Lots of new followers so if we've not met
Hi 👋 I'm Alex, I work with senior leaders and teams to unlock their full potential while bridging generational divides in the workplace.
🎤 SPEAKING - I'm an award winning keynote speaker specialising in Gen Z and generations:
Hi 👋 I'm Alex, I work with senior leaders and teams to unlock their full potential while bridging generational divides in the workplace.
🎤 SPEAKING - I'm an award winning keynote speaker specialising in Gen Z and generations:
It's an important date for us for three reasons.
First (and of course foremost), it's our wedding anniversary!
19 years in - and apparently it's BRONZE which is the official gift for this occasion. And I have to say the local shops were right out of it yesterday afternoon. So I am thinking again.
First (and of course foremost), it's our wedding anniversary!
19 years in - and apparently it's BRONZE which is the official gift for this occasion. And I have to say the local shops were right out of it yesterday afternoon. So I am thinking again.
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It's an important date for us for three reasons.
First (and of course foremost), it's our wedding anniversary!
19 years in - and apparently it's BRONZE which is the official gift for this occasion. And I have to say the local shops were right out of it yesterday afternoon. So I am thinking again.
First (and of course foremost), it's our wedding anniversary!
19 years in - and apparently it's BRONZE which is the official gift for this occasion. And I have to say the local shops were right out of it yesterday afternoon. So I am thinking again.