Business is becoming more and more multigenerational, especially as Boomers plan to work longer, out of necessity for some but also as a result of longer, healthier life spans. None of this is news to anyone, much less to futurists. For all the media hype pitting the generations against each other, the facts demonstrate that […]
Intergenerational Businesses
The media, academia, and research firms are dipping into futuring by discussing the question, “What will companies do when Baby Boomers step down?” The latest attempt to answer this is found in a report by researchers at Cass University in London, “After the Baby Boomers: The Next Generation of Leadership.” Their findings are interesting, particularly […]
The Generational Job Rift—And What We Can Do About It
All over the world, people are working past the usual retirement ages. In some cases, this is due to the minimum age rising, and in others, people need or want the income, the security. But, as I’ve discussed before (e.g., The Retirement Age Myth), many people are continuing to work because they want to, because […]
Working With an Ageing Organization as a Student: Why it Matters
Guest Post by Juliette Davodeau, International Federation of Ageing Before starting my internship with the IFA, I was asked a few times “are older people really the most at need?” This question is one of the reasons that really motivated me to join the IFA. Indeed, in France anyways, the living conditions of older people are too […]
The Multigenerational Workplace
I’m always thrilled to see articles addressing age-based stereotypes in the workplace, not only those that mischaracterize 50+ women and men but also those that lump all Millennials together, or all Gen X’ers. Haydn Shaw, at Huffington Post, offers some useful advice and perspective on how multiple generations can get along better in the workplace. […]
Ageless Beauty
“Men . . . can still be sexy while they grow older, while women grow old and ugly!” —Violet, played by Meryl Streep in August: Osage County Recently, on the Golden Globes, Diane Keaton appeared onstage looking the epitome of agelessly beautiful, but almost immediately after, a L’Oreal commercial appeared showing Diane with all her […]
Lessons from Hunza, by Cecelia Hurwich
This post is a much abridged version of a remarkable journey described by Ageless Expert Cecelia Hurwich in “The Road to Hunza Valley.” Read every last transformative, vivid, ageless detail in the full article here. I had been fascinated by the health and longevity of the Hunzakuts—the people of the Hunza Valley in Pakistan— ever since […]
WARNING: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You!
Be forewarned, the road to a great future has potholes, speed bumps . . . and unexpected detours! Change is all around us and it can quake you to the bone and bring us to our knees. What I’ve learned over the years is that it’s far easier to enter the future with a prepared […]
A Note from Karen
Greetings, as we enter 2014! Hang on to your hopes, my friend. That’s an easy thing to say, but if your hope should pass away, Look around, leaves are brown, There’s a patch of snow on the ground. —Simon and Garfunkel, “Hazy Shade of Winter” We did it! We made it through another year. . […]
A Small Encounter
Cross-posted on The Everyday Futurist Blog. In response to my December Future Works Gazette, on the theme Your Story Matters, I received the following wonderful story from Dorothy Meyers about an eye-opening encounter at the grocery store. She has graciously given me permission to share her story with you all. I hope you will find it […]
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