Trish's Blog

The Anti-Leadership Generation Might Be Right!

Weird Wisdom® invites us to question the norms including the assumption that climbing the leadership ladder is the only or best way to make impact.

If Gen Z is resisting traditional leadership roles, it may not be apathy, it might be discernment. They’re asking: Why lead like that? What if there’s another way to influence, shape culture, or create change without the titles, hierarchy, or burnout?

This “anti-leadership” stance isn’t a rejection of responsibility, it’s a redefinition of leadership itself.

Weird Wisdom® supports that by:
Validating different ways of contributing; influence without authority, expertise without ego.

Challenging outdated models; where leadership is about control, instead of collaboration.

Opening space for unconventional influence; where creative thinkers, connectors, and quiet disruptors play central roles.

In short, Weird Wisdom® gives language and legitimacy to a shift that’s already happening and helps organisations see it not as a threat, but a resource.

Keen to hear how others are feeling about this.