2021: Creating a Lexicon of Future

X is for Xennials

Xennials, also known as the Oregon Trail Generation, Generation Catalano, or Cuspers, are the micro-generation of people on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial demographic cohorts. Researchers and popular media use birth years from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Xennials are described as having had an analog childhood and a digital young adulthood.

In 2020, xennial was included in the Oxford Dictionary of English. ~ Wikipedia

4 Key Traits Of Xennials

1. They get stuff done — and they deliver.

“Xennials have the idealism of millennials but the realism and ‘Get Stuff Done’ attitude of Gen Xers. When they say something matters to them they follow through and deliver.”

2. They are entrepreneurial and take ownership.

Carrie Skowronski, Chief Growth Officer and Coach at Leadology, and Gallup-certified Strengths Coach, weighs in: “Millennials are educated, resourceful and they care about the ‘Why.’”

3. They are nimble, agile and adapt to change easily.

“They have a variety of information at their fingertips from a multitude of resources (on and off the web), they are fast to retrieve it, and this makes them incredible multitaskers.”

4. They have the best of all worlds.

“Xennials have the terrific combination of appreciation of publishing/ physical media objects and a natural strong digital knowhow, as the Internet came along while they were in their early teens.”