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
The Future is Born: Gen Beta Has Arrived
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Gen Beta has arrived.
At midnight on January 1, 2026, the world quietly crossed a generational threshold, and almost no one noticed.
In this episode, Ryan Vet breaks down why Gen Beta begins in 2026, what makes this generation fundamentally different from Gen Alpha and Gen Z, and why generational shifts don’t follow calendar pages; they follow cultural tipping points.
This isn’t speculation or trend-chasing. It’s a grounded, research-backed look at how artificial intelligence moved from novelty to invisible infrastructure, reshaping childhood, parenting, education, and leadership in ways we’re only beginning to understand.
You’ll learn:
- Why Gen Beta is more than just a new generational label
- How AI adoption crossed a cultural tipping point—and why that matters for kids born in 2026
- What it means to grow up AI-native, not by choice
- Why convenience may be replacing competence—and the long-term implications
- How Millennials and Gen Z parents are shaping a new era of childhood
- Why debates about when Gen Beta starts miss the bigger point
Ryan also introduces the concept of Generational Blur—the messy, overlapping reality of how generations actually form—and explains why shared language matters, even when the edges are fuzzy.
If you’re a parent, educator, leader, futurist, or simply trying to understand what’s changing in the world, this episode sets the foundation for a deeper exploration of Gen Beta and the cultural forces shaping their future.
Gen Beta isn’t coming.
They’re already here.
About Ryan Vet
Ryan Vet is a USA TODAY bestselling author, futurist, and international keynote speaker whose insights on generations, culture, and the future of work have been featured in Forbes, Financial Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS. His research helps leaders understand emerging generational patterns and anticipate societal shifts before they fully unfold.
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