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Adaptive Aging Technologies:Opportunity Abound

Listening to a TV panel of pundits on the subject of the lethargic global economy, disappearing jobs and the lost decade for youth career opportunities, got me thinking as usual about a contrast to that slice of reality, and that … Continue reading

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Small Business Week 2011-Canada

Across Canada Oct.16 – 22, a host of events is scheduled to celebrate and inform Small to Medium Business people and to showcase entrepreneurial contributions made to the economy by thousands of Canadians. What shouldn’t go under appreciated, are the … Continue reading

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Calling All Generations:We Can Work it Out!

We seem to be in a tight cramp right now. An aging population that some say are soon to become a financial burden on younger generations, and a mounting high youth unemployment rate, (by varying degrees in many countries); raising the … Continue reading

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Careers and the “Compassionate Economy”.

Like the drive to attract talent to technology careers in the “information age economy”, there is now the drive to attract talent to health care careers in what Theodore Roszazk called the “compassionate economy”. It’s more than a matter of … Continue reading

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Boomer Marketing– a 21st Century Overdose?

During the early 90’s in my Retail industry work, I booked exhibits at consumer shows targeted to the “Seniors” market. This was well ahead of the Boomer demographic curve now in full swing. (People who attended those shows are mostly … Continue reading

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The Frail Old Taking A Bitter Pill.

The October 2010 conference I mentioned in blog post May 31, was for the annual Retirement Planners Association of Canada http://www.rpac.ca The panel session I moderated, followed a presentation by one of the panelists – Dr. John Sloan, MD. On … Continue reading

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