Press and media: Alastair Greener in the news

Alastair Greener is a UK generational communication expert available for comment, interviews and broadcast. He has been quoted in People Management and Psychology Today, profiled in Executives Diary, and covered by SME Today, The Business Exchange and Business Biscuit. This page lists recent coverage and explains how to reach him and his PR partner.

Alastair Greener is a generational communication expert, keynote speaker, author and podcast host, and the President of the Professional Speaking Association UK and Ireland for 2026. He is available for comment on the generations at work, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, how the generations communicate, the multigenerational workplace and the future of work, and can turn a quote around quickly or join a broadcast from his own studio.

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Recent coverage

People Management (CIPD), 28 July 2026. "How should HR manage Gen Z 'working to live'?" Alastair, quoted as the founder of Generationally Speaking: "Gen Z are not being lazy or entitled. Organisations need to accept that they view work differently." Read the article.

Business Biscuit, 18 May 2026. Generationally Speaking shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2026 from more than 340 entries. Read the piece.

Business Biscuit, 14 April 2026. Alastair opens the Professional Speaking Association's IMPACT! conference in Leeds and represents the UK at the Global Speakers Summit. Read the piece.

SME Today and The Business Exchange, March 2026. Alastair appointed National President of the Professional Speaking Association UK and Ireland, with a presidential theme of "The Art of Connection". SME Today and The Business Exchange.

Journalism.co.uk, SME Today and The Business Exchange, 27 February 2026. The podcast marks its first year with 30 episodes and guests "from teenagers to nonagenarians". Journalism.co.uk.

Psychology Today, 23 February 2026. "Are We Thinking About Generational Differences All Wrong?" Andy Lopata's Connected Leadership column quotes Alastair at length as the author of Generationally Speaking, including the line that we are framed by our generation, not defined by it. Read the column.

Executives Diary, 12 February 2026. A profile of Alastair's career from Cornish farm to cruise ships, television and the generations. Read the profile.

Journalism.co.uk, 5 January 2026. "2026: the year generations feel different": the youngest Millennials turn 30, the oldest Baby Boomers 80 and Generation Beta turns one. Read the release. Alastair's own article on the theme is here.

Journalism.co.uk, 27 June 2025. "Generational survey reveals striking differences in how we use social media": findings from the 2024 survey of 4,067 people. Read the release.

Journalism.co.uk, 30 May 2025. Alastair to deliver the keynote at the South West Charity Conference and Expo at Bath Racecourse. Read the release.

Journalism.co.uk, 10 February 2025. Launch of the Alastair Greener Generationally Speaking podcast. Read the release.

The Business Exchange and London Daily News, 2024. Launch of the survey into how the generations will talk to each other in 2025. The Business Exchange.

Topics Alastair can speak to

• Generation Z at work: feedback, phones, the office, retention, the "lazy and entitled" myth
• The five-generation workplace and what HR managers actually report
• How each generation prefers to communicate, with UK numbers for every claim
• Generation Alpha and Generation Beta: what is coming next
• Voice notes, voicemail and the decline of the phone call
• Social media use by generation, from 8 year olds to the over 78s
• Reverse mentoring and cross-generational collaboration
• Retirement, reinvention and the older workforce
• Public speaking, presenting and the professional speaking industry, as PSA President

Broadcast and podcast appearances

Alastair spent more than a decade as a television presenter and business journalist, including as senior presenter for Business Reporter with The Daily Telegraph, and has hosted a weekly radio show. He is comfortable live, remote or in the studio, and can join television and radio from his own studio at short notice. Details of his presenting career are at alastairgreener.com.

For podcast hosts: Alastair is available as a guest on business, HR, education and leadership podcasts, and has hosted 44 episodes of his own. Get in touch with the show and the angle.

Press contact

Alastair's PR partner is Scott Media. Contact Fiona Scott at fiona@fionascott.co.uk or Hannah at hannah@fionascott.co.uk, or call 07789 270030. For an out-of-hours enquiry, text the number first with your request and deadline. You can also reach Alastair directly at info@generationallyspeaking.co.uk.

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