Author of Young China, Founder and CEO of Young China Group
Zak Dychtwald is the author of the critically acclaimed book Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World (St Martin’s Press), and founder of Young China Group, a market insights firm based in Beijing dedicated to bringing a people-first understanding of young China to the wider world. A Columbia graduate and fluent Mandarin speaker, he is passionate about developing on-the-ground understanding between China and the West. Read More >
Dychtwald has been invited to share his expertise for audiences on five continents at events such as the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Wall Street Journal CEO Summit, Google Talks, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and TEDx.
Building a bridge of understanding between China and the rest of the world, he provides market insights focused on identity questions impacting China’s most impactful and misunderstood generation. His book Young China has been published in the USA, China, Vietnam, and Germany and offers an up-close look at the Chinese generation born after 1990 and the touchstone issues they face. Dychtwald's insights have been featured in The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Vogue Travel, Bloomberg, ABC News, Foreign Policy, NPR, and more. Read Less ^
Speaking Reel
China’s New Innovation Advantage | Harvard Business Review
TEDx: 3 Things the West Gets Wrong About Chinese Millennials
How Young China is Redefining Their Country and Our World
China’s Next Chapter | Aspen Institute Ideas Festival
Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country
There are few countries more important – but less understood — in our world today than China. Most people, organizations, and executives are still stuck on ‘old China’, while China’s youth is driving a massive economic engine that is already leading global growth in a post-Covid world. Their perspectives towards family, work, wealth, brands, family, their government, and our government are vastly different than past generations, and will shape the decades to come. Read More >
As a consumer, competitor, and collaborator, Young China is already redefining their country and the world. You and your organization must understand how.
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“Can China be innovative” is one of the defining questions of the 21st century. Read More >
While China’s reputation as a global “copycat” lingers, China is beginning to lead the rest of the world in mobile technology, e-commerce, and future-forward thinking. In fact, some of the smartest and most forward-leaning Western companies have already begun copying China.
Based on his upcoming Harvard Business Review Magazine feature article, Zak takes you to the trenches of the country’s tech and investment scene to look at how China is becoming a world class innovator, and how their greatest “innovation advantage” is a uniquely adaptive and adoptive population.
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In 2021 the world is looking towards China for growth. With much of the world half shuttered, China’s open shops and businesses mean that the Young China consumer will be an engine of the global Covid-19 recovery. Even “non-China” companies are increasingly China reliant: from Microsoft to Airbnb, Apple to Nike. Read More >
How has China rebounded from the COVID crisis? Which themes were accelerated, and which disrupted? How will this impact global business and politics?
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Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World
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