Producers' Corner: Is Gen Z Still Ambitious?

On this week’s special episode of Women Talk Tech, our producers Maddie Yule and El Bush discuss the history of ambition and how ambition shows up in the younger generations. Tune in to hear Maddie and El share their insights on what ambition means to them, ambition in a post-pandemic world, and how young people are approaching work today!

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