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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can’t Buy Me Love
Say you don’t need no diamond rings And I’ll be satisfied. Tell me that you want the kind of things That money just can’t buy. I don’t care too much for money. Money can’t buy me love. —Beatles, “Can’t Buy Me Love” Boomers have come full circle. Well, almost. The Boomer Values Realignment Study recently […]
Designing Your Future
Just last year, surveys showed a large majority of Boomers planning to continue working past retirement age, some by necessity and some by design. But already we can see signs of economic recovery in the latest numbers from MetLife Mature Market Institute, with 52 percent of Boomers born in 1946 saying they are now fully […]
Is the Glass Ceiling Half Empty or Half Full?
When we look at women’s power in the workforce, whether running their own businesses or working as executives or on boards in the corporate world and academia, we can view the situation as negative or positive depending on our focus. Obviously, women are still underpaid and vastly underrepresented in positions of power, although this is […]
The Retirement Age Myth
Whenever I read about retirement age, and how it has changed or is changing, all I can think of is “What difference does it make?” Why, in this day and age, do we even have a “retirement age”? Maybe in the past, a particular age could be associated with a time when people were physically […]
Boomer Summit Gets to the Bottom Line
Bravo to Mary Furlong for pioneering the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit for the last 10 years. Advocating for big business and investors to not leave money on the table, she is a leading visionary voice bringing big money attention to us, the 50+ market. The summit is the place to be for big money to […]
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 […]
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