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  Anthony Picciano wrote a new post on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  McKinsey & Co. New Report on Quantum Computing – Becoming a Reality! Dear Commons Community, McKinsey & Co. has just published a new report on advances in quantum computing that shows investment could […]

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  Anthony Picciano wrote a new post on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

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  Katherine Gloede Silverman wrote a new post on the site Sustainability and the City 10 hours, 3 minutes ago

  From City to the World's Sustainability Spotlight At CCNY, research and scholarship advance every day on issues of crucial importance to people throughout New York City and […]

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  Marlene Martinez wrote a new post on the site Comm 1000 5W1 15 hours, 58 minutes ago

  Interchanging messages between genders Gender communication can best be defined as communication about and between all genders. This term includes interpersonal communication between all genders and how all genders are depicted verbally and non verbally. This cartoon image demonstrates the gender interpersonal communication between opposing genders such as the male employee and female employee. This demonstrates the communication that occurs between the genders even if they have differences between their genders. The male employee is also quoting “mansplaining” which is how other genders refer to males who verbally explain anything in a condescending and oversimplified manner. The cartoon image is ironically depicting the male employee mansplaining the term “mansplaining” to the female employee which explains why the female employee is irritated to be spoken to in a condescending and oversimplified manner. I have experienced gender communication in my everyday life. The Mexican culture has a lot of machismo, this refers to men being emotionally strong, dominant, and decision makers while women are expected to be submissive, quiet, and more nurturing. I have realized sometimes I subconsciously stay quiet to let men speak or make decisions at work. I started to recognize I would do this based on the expected manner a women should act compared to a man. Once I began to recognize this behavior I started encouraging myself to speak up and state more of my pinions because what I have to say as a women is equally as […] “Interchanging messages between genders”

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  Anthony Picciano wrote a new post on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 day ago

  OpenAI’s Sam Altman versus The New York Times Sam Altman Dear Commons Community, From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a […]

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  Anthony Picciano wrote a new post on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 day, 1 hour ago

  Democratic Party in a quandary over Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in New York City. Dear Commons Community,  The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race f […]

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  Nilgun Gungor (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Nilgün Güngör – Communications 1000 blog 1 day, 13 hours ago

  “Lazy and Entitled?”: Workplace Messages and Generational Bias This cartoon connects to Chapter 11: Organizational Communication.  This cartoon features a training session titled “Generational Differences,” where the speaker says the goal is to understand “why our younger employees are so lazy and entitled.” The humor lies in the contradiction where the session is meant to promote mutual understanding, yet the opening statement reinforces negative stereotypes. This irony highlights a lack of self-awareness in organizational messaging and reflects deeper issues in internal workplace communication. The speaker’s comment illustrates how organizational culture is shaped by assumptions and values that are often unspoken but influence how employees are treated and perceived. It also reveals how upward communication (feedback from employees to management) might be discouraged in environments where younger employees are pre-judged or not taken seriously. The failure to foster a respectful dialogue undermines the effectiveness of internal communication and reinforces hierarchical barriers. When stereotypes dominate messaging, collaboration and innovation often suffer. I’ve personally seen this type of disconnect in my own work experiences. Older supervisors sometimes assume that younger workers are unmotivated, unprofessional, or unwilling to take initiative, when in reality, we’re often just trying to navigate unclear expectations. My manager would send weekly emails urging us to “stay busy,” even after we had completed our tasks, insisting there was always something to be done. At the same job, I recall joking around with a coworker after our break, which infuriated our manager. He asked if we’d behave that way in front of our boss. I naturally said no, but we were only acting that way because we felt comfortable around him, and because there were no patients present. He later told us to “act like adults” and followed up with a critical email reinforcing the need to remain professional. What frustrated me most was the double standard: one of our older superiors constantly played with a soccer ball, kicking it around and disrupting our work to get our attention. Both our manager and our boss completely overlooked his behavior. Later that week, I had a brief conversation with the coworker who had been kicking the soccer ball around. He had the audacity to critique my behavior. I confronted him about his constant antics with the soccer ball. I pointed out that his actions were just as unprofessional as mine, if not more so. At first, he dismissed it, but then he paused, agreed with me, and noticeably adjusted his behavior afterward. While I appreciated that moment of self-awareness on his part, it still vexed me that it took a direct confrontation for any reflection to happen. Moments like this highlight how inconsistent communication and unequal expectations within an organization can lead to tension, especially when younger employees are held to higher standards witRead More »“Lazy and Entitled?”: Workplace Messages and Generational Bias

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  Nilgun Gungor (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Nilgün Güngör – Communications 1000 blog 1 day, 14 hours ago

  Listening: The Missing Piece This cartoon directly relates to ChapterRead More »Listening: The Missing Piece

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  Nilgun Gungor (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Nilgün Güngör – Communications 1000 blog 1 day, 14 hours ago

  Do We Really Mean the Same Thing? This cartoon directly connects toRead More »Do We Really Mean the Same Thing?

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  Mehribon Asadova (she/her) wrote a new post on the site asadova 1 day, 17 hours ago

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