Marbella II.
May 29, Thursday
11:30 – 13:30
Budapest (CEST)

XYZ, Baby: Understanding Generations

IEC Conference: 2025

Boomers built the system. Gen X hacked it. Millennials tried to fix it. And Gen Z? We’re rewriting the whole thing. But this isn’t just a generational cycle—it’s a shift in meaning-making, shaped by evolving worldviews, technology, and crises.

Each generations sees more, feels more than those who came before—yet burn out faster. If the world we grew up in isn’t sustainable, connected, or meaningful, how could we be? We’re not getting weaker; we’re simply experiencing the full weight of a system that no longer works. Our growing discomfort isn’t a flaw—it’s a signal for necessary change.

Like the chicken-and-egg, the world reflects us. A more connected future begins within, and lucky for us, in 2025, it’s easier than ever. Understanding these generational shifts isn’t optional—it’s the key to an integrated world, intergenerational connection, and real transformation.

Are you ready to bridge the gap, or just sit in silence during another family reunion? Let’s talk.

HERMANN, Thomas

Hungary

Spending my adolescent years on the early internet, I’ve had the pleasure of being confused in a time when Ken Wilber youtube videos existed. By the time I starting a psychology undergrad in one of UK’s top 10 universities, I’ve worked with Philip Zimbardo, became coach, and I was determined to ponder spiral dynamics, the tao and (or rather in) altered states in a professional context. To my disappointment, none of the professors had known Wilber, nor Beck, Kegan, Cook-Greuter, neither were my course mates into these juicy abstractions. So as covid hit the 3rd term of my first year, I moved on and joined the 3 year Integral Psychology course at home, in Budapest. Along with my personal processes and explorations of my age related topics, I specialised in integrating mediums, memes, generations. Became a speaker, as well as a Gen Z group facilitator.