Hosted by Inga Dengel & Vaios Gougoustamos, Young Blossom25 gives a voice to the Future Leaders Generation: Millennials, Gen Z, and soon Gen Alpha. The podcast is interview-based and aims to bridge generational gaps in the workplace. Each 35–40 minute episode brings together insights from emerging and current leaders to explore shifting values, leadership styles, and expectations. Whether you're a seasoned leader or just starting your career, you'll gain practical tools, fresh perspectives, and a shared space for growth, purpose, and collaboration.
Young Blossom25 - Future Leaders Revealed
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Hosted by Inga Dengel & Vaios Gougoustamos, Young Blossom25 gives a voice to the Future Leaders Generation: Millennials, Gen Z, and soon Gen Alpha. The podcast is interview-based and aims to bridge generational gaps in the workplace. Each 35–40 minute episode brings together insights from emerging and current leaders to explore shifting values, leadership styles, and expectations. Whether you're a seasoned leader or just starting your career, you'll gain practical tools, fresh perspectives, and a shared space for growth, purpose, and collaboration.
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June 4, 2026
Gouri Mohan: Why Gen Z Refuses to Lead - Dr. Gouri Mohan on Conscious Unbossing and the Leadership Crisis
Why are so few young people raising their hands when asked "Are you a leader?" and what does this mean for the organizations trying to develop the next generation?In this episode of Young Blossom 25: Future Leaders Revealed, host Inga Dengel sits down with Dr. Gouri Mohan, assistant professor of human resource management at IESEG School of Management in Paris. From the "conscious unbossing" movement to the danger of promoting top performers into leadership roles, this conversation challenges everything we thought we knew about how leaders are made and who gets to be one. Episode Timestamps• 00:00 - Welcome and introducing Dr. Gouri Mohan• 02:28 - How Inga and Gouri connected• 04:07 - "Do you consider yourself a leader?" Gouri's classroom experiment• 06:28 - Why Gen Z doesn't want to be leaders: fear, risk, and the burden of the title• 10:09 - The "conscious unbossing" movement explained• 12:34 - Why old leadership models are broken and suffocating for young people• 16:13 - The AI prompt problem: why the image of a "leader" is still a white man in a New York office• 18:27 - The role model crisis in leadership and why Gouri uses a 22-year-old banquet manager as her case study• 23:04 - Formal vs. informal leadership and what companies keep getting wrong• 28:08 - Why we promote the wrong people: task competence vs. relational competence• 33:41 - The 360-feedback problem: why performance tools have become performative• 36:45 - The "competent jerk" phenomenon and why AI is finally making jerks just... jerks• 39:20 - Gen Z and "whatever it takes": why their boundaries are maturity, not weakness• 41:47 - The "How vs. What" tension between generations at work• 48:12 - Gen Z's development anxiety: multi-skilling, AI fear, and the pressure to stay relevant• 1:03:30 - What we can tell Gen Z about navigating an uncertain world• 1:06:14 - Human connection as the last true differentiator• 1:10:44 - Gouri turns the table: "Inga, do you consider yourself a leader?"• 1:15:33 - Closing reflections and what needs to become a movement Key Takeaways• Leadership is not a title, it is influence. Gen Z resists leadership labels because the models they have been shown are unattractive: hierarchical, risky, and unrewarding. The fix is redefining leadership around impact and influence, not position.• We promote the wrong people. Organizations routinely elevate top individual contributors into leadership roles without assessing relational competence. The result: bad leaders, disengaged teams, and a broken promotion pipeline.• The role model crisis is real. There is a widening gap between people who hold power and people who are actually good leaders. Gouri uses unconventional examples, like a 22-year-old banquet manager during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, to show students that leadership emerges from within, not from a title.• Conscious unbossing is a signal, not a problem. Gen Z's reluctance to enter middle management reflects a rational risk/reward calculation, not laziness. The reward structures have not kept pace with the expectations placed on leaders.• The "competent jerk" era is ending. With AI able to outperform on pure cognitive output, the human capacity for empathy, connection, and authentic communication becomes the irreplaceable differentiator.• Gen Z's multi-skilling is anxiety-driven, not flaky. Role diversity and multi-skilling are survival strategies in an uncertain AI-powered world, not a lack of commitment. About Dr. Gouri MohanDr. Gouri Mohan is an assistant professor of human resource management at IESEG School of Management in Paris, where she has been teaching leadership development . She holds a PhD in Management from IESEG Business School and combines academic research with hands-on leadership coaching for new and experienced managers. Her research focuses on how leadership emerges in diverse teams, cross-cultural collaboration, and building inclusive organizations.
May 21, 2026
Ole Fussinger: “AI might wipe out every job I’ve done so far.”
In our new episode of “Young Blossom 25 – Future Leaders Revealed,” Ole Fussinger joins us to talk about:• Why he does “too many things” at 24 – from founding an AI consulting firm to running Capital Architecture, a platform that translates academic and wealth management insights into practical investing education for everyday people.• How Gen Z experiences the job market: a weak economy, strong tools, and a lot of ambition that often lacks the right leadership framework.• The “necessity” behind his hustle: his very candid fear that AI might replace many of the jobs he’s doing today, and how he’s building a broad skill foundation and the courage to fail fast instead of betting on one narrow path.• Why he spends his evenings teaching at the German Chamber of Crafts to make craftsmanship attractive again – especially in a world that will always need people who can actually build things.• What universities and education systems need to change: less slide learning, more debate, case work, and learning to think and present in an AI enabled world.A few things to highlight, Ole doesn’t just talk about “future leadership” – he lives it already, through:• A mission to improve financial literacy in Germany so people don’t just save, but invest with confidence.• A belief that the leaders of tomorrow will win less through pure IQ and more through humanity, empathy, and the ability to take people with them through change.This episode is for you if you are interested in:• How Gen Z really thinks about careers• How AI is reshaping early career choices• Why crafts, SMEs and Europe’s real economy still matter – a lot
May 7, 2026
Arun Sudheendran: Gen Z’s invisible language and boundaries as super power
<p><strong>Summary</strong></p><p>In this episode of <strong>YoungBlossom 25 – Future Leaders Revealed</strong>, Inga and Vaios sit down with <strong>Arun Sudheendran</strong>, Head of Procurement for McCormick Australia and APAC Category Director for Packaging & External Manufacturing. Arun has spent the last 16 years transforming value chains for leading FMCG companies including McCormick, Nestlé, Reckitt and Procter & Gamble.</p><p>Together, they explore how <strong>Gen Z</strong> is reshaping the workplace, what makes this generation unique acrosscultures, and what leaders need to unlearn and relearn to build organizations that last the next 100 years. Arun shares his perspective from Australia, compares notes with European experiences, and reflects on how procurement canevolve from a transactional function to a true strategic partner.</p><p><strong> What to expect in this episode</strong></p><p>Why Gen Z speaks a “different language” – and what thatreally means for leaders and organizations.</p><p>How emotional vocabulary (anxiety, burnout, depression) ischanging how we talk about work and wellbeing.</p><p>Why giving Gen Z “airtime” is not bad but a strategicnecessity for any company that wants to be around in 100+ years.</p><p>How structural shifts in FMCG and supply chains collide witha new generation’s expectations of work.</p><p>What it takes for procurement to become a <strong>strategic</strong>partner that drives growth, resilience, and innovation – not just cost savings.</p><p>Practical ways leaders can tune into Gen Z’s needs whilestill passing on hard‑won lessons from previous generations.</p>
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