{"id":152425,"date":"2025-09-12T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152425\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:00:04","slug":"gen-z-is-teaching-older-colleagues-how-to-use-ai-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152425\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z Is Teaching Older Colleagues How to Use AI: Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gen Zers born between <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.usc.edu\/busdem\/age#:~:text=The%20Greatest%20Generation%20%E2%80%93%20born%201901,Alpha%20%E2%80%93%20born%202013%20%E2%80%93%202025.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1995 and 2012<\/a> are adopting AI at work and helping older colleagues embrace it too, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, conducted by workspace solutions company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwgplc.com\/en-gb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Workplace Group<\/a>, found that close to two-thirds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/gen-z-is-putting-in-the-extra-work-on-their-side-hustles\/471709\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Gen Z<\/a> respondents were teaching their older workplace peers how to use AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This support often takes different forms, from hands-on guidance to sharing practical tips to integrate AI into daily workflows,&#8221; International Workplace Group CEO Mark Dixon told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/09\/12\/iwg-report-gen-z-employees-are-coaching-older-colleagues-to-use-ai.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/gen-z-is-using-ai-chatgpt-at-work-and-proud-of-it-survey\/483435\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Almost 100% of Gen Zers Surveyed Admitted to Using AI Tools at Work. Here&#8217;s Why They Say It Is a &#8216;Catalyst&#8217; for Their Careers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the poll, which surveyed over 2,000 individuals in the U.S. and the U.K., nearly half of the respondents said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/ai-could-lead-to-mass-joblessness-within-the-next-5-years\/496742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">AI<\/a> is bridging generational gaps and encouraging collaboration. Older workers &#8220;are showing a real openness to AI&#8221; and &#8220;learning from younger generations,&#8221; Dixon told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the dynamic between older and younger generations was &#8220;so impactful&#8221; because of its &#8220;reciprocity.&#8221; Younger generations are using their AI skills to &#8220;guide&#8221; others and &#8220;introduce new ways of working,&#8221; while older generations respond by leveraging their experience and industry knowledge to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/leadership\/5-ways-gen-z-can-be-the-secret-weapon-for-your-business\/487841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Gen Z<\/a> use the technology more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In today&#8217;s digital-first era, AI is emerging as a powerful unifier across generations,&#8221; Dixon told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/gen-z-is-choosing-trade-schools-as-a-fast-track-to-business\/473404\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Gen Z Is Increasingly Turning to Trade Schools as a Fast Track to Entrepreneurship and an AI-Proof Career<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The survey additionally found that most office workers (86%) said that AI has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/growing-a-business\/5-powerful-ways-to-streamline-your-work-processes-with-ai\/480083\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">improved their efficiency<\/a>, while over three-fourths say it has helped their careers. On average, workers saved 55 minutes every day by using AI.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Z workers are also improving their own AI skills by teaching others how to use it, Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Zers born between <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.usc.edu\/busdem\/age#:~:text=The%20Greatest%20Generation%20%E2%80%93%20born%201901,Alpha%20%E2%80%93%20born%202013%20%E2%80%93%202025.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1995 and 2012<\/a> are adopting AI at work and helping older colleagues embrace it too, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, conducted by workspace solutions company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwgplc.com\/en-gb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Workplace Group<\/a>, found that close to two-thirds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/gen-z-is-putting-in-the-extra-work-on-their-side-hustles\/471709\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Gen Z<\/a> respondents were teaching their older workplace peers how to use AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This support often takes different forms, from hands-on guidance to sharing practical tips to integrate AI into daily workflows,&#8221; International Workplace Group CEO Mark Dixon told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/09\/12\/iwg-report-gen-z-employees-are-coaching-older-colleagues-to-use-ai.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm leading-5 my-0\">\n      The rest of this article is locked.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xl text-black font-bold leading-5 my-1\">\n      Join Entrepreneur+ today for access.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gen Zers born between 1995 and 2012 are adopting AI at work and helping older colleagues embrace it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,122,93683,54744,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-152425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-business-news","12":"tag-genz","13":"tag-news-and-trends","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}