Reverse Mentoring — Wisdom Flow 2.0 When youth teach age without shaking the ladder. Knowledge now travels both ways.

Aditya, 24, data-science graduate from IIT Madras, interns at a renewable-energy major in Hyderabad. His task: train senior engineers on AI-based energy forecasting. He hesitates—these veterans built turbines before he was born. By month’s end, they ask him for coding tips, and he asks them for patience. Both win.

In Stockholm, Greta, 23, sustainability analyst at a bio-plastics company, runs “Gen-Z Lunch Labs” explaining carbon-credit memes to 50-year-old executives. One manager jokes, “She’s my influencer coach.” Hierarchy melts into humour.

What This Reveals About Work Relations
Reverse Mentoring thrives only where ego is composted into curiosity. It’s not role reversal; it’s relationship renewal. When both sides drop defensiveness, learning becomes circular—just like sustainability itself.