Build a cross-generational talent pipeline or the gains will not hold.

principle — attributed to Edie Fraser

Fraser's concern about COVID-era CEO behavior was not the disruption but the lesson. CEOs spent two years on screens with women, dogs, and children visible, and the experience opened them to flexibility, intersectionality, and intergenerational collaboration in ways the prior decade had not. Younger people have tech skills the older generation needs. Older leaders have institutional knowledge the younger generation needs to inherit. Mentorships, sponsorships, internships, apprenticeships, and online support are not optional. They are the mechanism by which today's coalition wins become tomorrow's baseline rather than tomorrow's nostalgia.

For coalition leaders building movements with multi-decade horizons. The principle is most useful as a check on movements that focus exclusively on near-term policy wins.

pipeline, intergenerational, mentorship, succession