The Ryan Vet Show
To lead well today, you have to understand the forces that shaped yesterday and the ones reshaping tomorrow. You were made to Inspire Forward...and every episode helps you do just that.
The Ryan Vet Show is where leaders come to understand why the world, and the people in it, work the way they do. Hosted by Ryan Vet, USA Today bestselling author, generational futurist, and contrarian leadership thinker, the show blends research, lived experience, and narrative to help you navigate tomorrow with more insight, perspective, and practical wisdom.
Each week, Ryan explores the ideas shaping today’s workplace and culture:
- Generational dynamics and the behaviors that form each cohort
- Leadership and organizational psychology
- Change management and the forces driving adaptation
- Entrepreneurship and real-world decision making
- Communication, influence, and human behavior
- How the past explains the present and the present shapes the future
The show features two core formats:
- Long-form interviews with leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and creators whose stories reveal the “why” behind their work, decisions, and impact.
- Weekly readings of the COLLIDE newsletter, where Ryan breaks down cultural shifts, generational insights, and leadership lessons with a story-rich, research-backed lens.
Whether you’re an executive, a manager, an entrepreneur, an educator, or simply navigating cross-generational tension, The Ryan Vet Show gives you the insight and tools to lead with clarity, curiosity, and intentionality.
If you want a show that’s intellectually grounded, practically useful, and deeply human — welcome.
This is your place to understand the world more clearly and lead it more thoughtfully.
The Ryan Vet Show
Latest Episodes
Gen Z Is Ungrounded and Going Back to the Mall - The Generational Pendulum Swings Back to In-Person
The most digital generation is going back to the mall. Generational futurist Ryan Vet explains why Gen Z's IRL revival is a leadership signal. Ryan Vet, generational futurist, expert in generations, and AI keynote speaker, unpack...
What the Class of 2026 Is Really Bringing to the Workforce: Loneliness, AI, and the Mentor Gap
The Class of 2026 is the loneliest generation ever to walk across a graduation stage, and the workforce is not ready for them.Generational futurist Ryan Vet, an expert in generations and AI keynote speaker, unpacks why the colleg...
Justin Bieber Doesn't Own His Own Songs Anymore - What Coachella Revealed About Millennials and the Internet
At Coachella 2026, Justin Bieber walked on stage, sat down at a MacBook, and started playing YouTube videos of his twelve-year-old self. Millennials in the crowd wiped away tears.Generational futurist Ryan Vet unpacks why that Coa...
We've Never Been More Alone - Why the Most Connected Generation Is the Loneliest in History
We are the most digitally connected society in human history. We are also, by every measure, the loneliest.The U.S. Surgeon General compared loneliness to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The loneliest adults are not in nur...