I sit down with Duncan Young, founder of Saorsa Growth Partners and writer of the Substack Conduit of Value. We dig into why the future of work looks completely different for Gen-Z vs. Millennials. We discuss:

* Door A vs. Door B — the exit door (leave and build your own) vs. the build-inside door.

* Why demographics and the aging population is the real story, not AI.

* What, “having a career” means to Gen-Z and Millennials.

* The franchise industry as an unlikely case study in low-risk ownership

Enjoy.

Recording date: July 20, 2026

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

03:47 Door A vs Door B

06:19 Door A - Build On Your Own

06:42 Door B - Build Inside An Organization

08:47 Career Ladder Is Being Pulled Up

11:44 The Paper-Pusher Rebalancing

13:47 Up-skilling For Mid-Career Professionals

16:28 Affordability Crisis Is A System Failure

18:32 Gen-Z vs Millennials: Career Choices

24:50 Franchise Models Are Perfect For Low Risk Ownership

30:07 New Ownership Structures In The Age Of AI

37:02 Gen-Z vs Millennials: Definition Of A Career

41:28 Talent Follows Economic Opportunity

46:07 Everything Is Becoming Transactional

50:31 Be an Owner in Something You Have A Connection With

54:11 Education’s Upcoming Pivot

59:08 Cross-Generational Company Building

Follow Jordan on X:

* https://x.com/jrwolfe

Connect with Duncan Young:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanmayoung/

* Substack: https://substack.com/@saorsapartners

Remember to go direct!

Jordan

P.S. Build with love

P.P.S Be an owner

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