Mind the Gap, wave 1

What managers believe about Gen Z employees, what those employees say about themselves, and what neither side knows about the other.

35 managers · 27 Gen Z employees · 36 rated statements each · 429 written answers · last response 2026-08-21

FOR THE ROOM

The workshop page

The participant-facing read. Written so somebody who has never heard of this study can follow it on their own.

Open the workshop page →
FOR THE TEAM ONLY

The team briefing

Everything the data says, including the parts that are weak. For the people designing and running the session.

Open the team briefing →
RAW DATA

The dataset

One Excel workbook, 91 KB. Everything behind both pages, so any number on either can be checked or re-derived.

Download the workbook ↓

The briefing and the dataset are internal. It carries verbatim written answers from the survey, candid notes on what does not hold up, and every response as it was written. Participants are renumbered and no platform ids are carried across, but this is still IRB data. Do not put either on a screen in front of participants and do not send either to a client. The workshop page is the one that goes in the room.

This address is unlisted and carries a no-index instruction, so it will not appear in search results, but anyone holding the link can open it. Treat the link as the key. Both pages are generated from the response export and are replaced in place whenever the analysis is re-run.