For its inaugural year 2016, the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) at Ryerson University in Toronto looks to have set the stage well for its future vision. Closing with a November conference – Re-think Ageing – that as the song goes, covered the waterfront with a splash of speakers; the event hitting the mark at
How we view the prospect of aging in a longevity society depends on what lens we look through, what part of the world we live in, what socioeconomic experience we have and where we are at a particular age and stage in life. How we use age bands to demarcate who is old is an
How far out can you make investment decisions on a megatrend like aging demographics in a longevity society? Well that depends on how “far out” your mind will allow you to go before your probability barometer bursts. Over the last several years, if you are one of many small businesses, that has invested in marketing
Lifelong learning is certainly not a concept new to this millennium. Let me pick up the history at a mid-point in the 1990’s. This concept got an uptick through a period of massive corporate downsizings. It became part of the career management mantra, where everyone got the message – don’t expect the promise of lifelong
Starting another hot summer with the 5th season of “Summer Shorts” – snappy blog musings, stories, info-bytes or fly on the wall observations on the subject of longevity and matters related to the 21st century shift in aging demographics. _______________________________ Last week Mr. Future Shock, Alvin Toffler died at age 87. Future Shock was a
What is the Business of Aging? It’s one of those phrases that can be heard in more than one way. For example in the un-capitalized version, it could mean that we are all aging, and simply put, there are matters or concerns we all face in that natural process. But with the big B, we