Guest post by Ageless Expert Harry R. Moody The future is entirely foreseeable. What is unpredictable is how we will respond. I once was sitting in a restaurant with Rabbi Zalman Schachter, talking about the search for meaning in old age. Suddenly Reb Zalman turned to me and said, “You know, this search for […]
Birds of a Feather Fail Together
It is human nature to seek out like minds, to befriend people like us. In business, people are more comfortable mentoring, grooming, and promoting people who look, think, and act like them, people they understand. As Google VP Megan Smith points out in her interview with Fortune, people aren’t necessarily conscious of the biases that […]
A Tale of Two Futures
Two articles on Boomers and the economy caught my eye recently, in part because they depict two vastly different futures. In one, “Wells Fargo Warns of Looming Retirement Crisis,” we get the usual scaremongering about Boomers harming the futures of Millennials. The solution? Boomers should invest more. The other article, “The Myth That Baby Boomers […]
Your Future Unbound
Last fall, I presented at and reported on the World Future Society’s annual conference, World Future 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon. In addition to leading my own session on “Visionaries Have Wrinkles: Serving the Generation Who Will Change the World . . . Again” and covering the Global Summit on Education, I was drawn to […]
Are Small Businesses Losing Effective Board Leadership Because of Ageism?
Guest post by Clarence E. Pearson, International Federation of Ageing The small business community is losing an important resource: As greater longevity increases the population of those aged 65 and over, increasing numbers of skilled and seasoned senior executives leave the business world and join the pool of retirees. But the business sector is not making […]
Grannypreneurs
When thinking about the needs of Boomers and Matures, whether as members of these groups or as those who serve them (or both!), products and services for children may not even be on our radar. Yet this time of year especially, grandparents and even later-life parents are spending more time and money on children than […]
Personalized Education Gets an Upgrade
This summer, I was honored to attend the World Future Society’s annual conference, World Future 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon, as a presenter, an author, and a journalist. My talk, “Visionaries Have Wrinkles: Serving the Generation Who Will Change the World . . . Again,” was timely for this audience of Futurists. The futuring profession […]
Lean In . . . or Out?
By now, you’ve probably heard of and perhaps read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. In her book as in countless articles, women are advised to do this or do that to close the various gender inequalities in the workplace—in promotions (particularly to executive and board positions), […]
Mental Health and Older Adults
Guest post by Hershal Pandya, Project Officer, International Federation on Ageing (IFA) Visit the ifa blog here: http://www.ifa-fiv.org/news/blog/ Last Week (October 10th, 2013) marked the occasion of World Mental Health Day as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH). This year’s theme is “Mental Health and Older Adults.” […]
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. […]
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