Technology and the elderly – a growing market
Posted On June 26, 2014
Older workers sometimes feel displaced by younger workers who are more tech-savvy, having grown up in a mobile-oriented world. But those same aging Boomers are creating business opportunity for technology companies. As this San Francisco Gate article points out, Boomers want to be using technology to make their lives better…
Categories: Baby Boomers, Product Design
Snapshot of the generational gap: Humans of New York
Posted On June 24, 2014
Have you followed Humans of New York? Photographer Brandon Stanton takes portraits of random individuals and asks them a question or two. The answers appear at the photo captions. It’s utterly captivating art and social commentary. Every so often an image will strike a nerve with HONY followers as with…
Categories: Baby Boomers, Generation Y / Millennials, Workplace
Part-time nation
Posted On June 19, 2014
For better or worse, the American workforce is increasingly focused on flexibility. Some workers want the flexibility to work on their own time, often in their own environments. Some want the flexibility to pursue personal passions outside of their 9-5 jobs. Some companies want the flexibility of hiring and firing…
Categories: Generation X, Generation Y / Millennials, Workplace
Is customer service a lost art form?
Posted On June 17, 2014
Much time is spent lamenting the work ethic of younger generations in the work force—they are disengaged, too attached to their social networks, not focused on the needs of their coworkers…they just don’t understand the way things work in the real world. And for years my argument has been you…
Categories: Generation Y / Millennials, Workplace
Nice group to be affiliated with.
Posted On June 16, 2014
I wasn’t aware until this morning after reading the article below that the audience for this conference last week managed on average $1 billion in retirement funds for their clients. Wow. I would have been much more nervous. But, as always, extraordinarily nice people. http://www.riabiz.com/a/4968982889103360/td-ameritrade-hosts-a-posh-billion-dollar-club-summit-at-a-seaside-ritz-carlton#.U55QxoAoqMw.twitter
Categories: Financial Services, Work
Waiting on the last row… Ready!
Posted On June 16, 2014
Quick change at the lectern means I have to have my notes, computer, dongle, and remote ready to go.
Categories: Uncategorized
Youngest Boomers initiated into AARP
Posted On June 12, 2014
We are almost halfway through 2014, which means that in six short months every member of the Boomer generation will have turned 50. Orange is the new black, 50 is the new 40. So when the membership cards arrive in their mailboxes, these new AARP recruits will be welcomed with…
Categories: Baby Boomers, Retirement, Succession Planning
Millennials march to a different beat, or is it different beats?
Posted On June 10, 2014
In a recent meeting, a high-level leader lamented the conundrum of managing the younger members of his team: “They want everything done so differently.” Same complaint, different person. But then he continued…“Each one of them wants to be dealt with differently. So I can’t have a way that I manage;…
Categories: Generation Y / Millennials, Work, Workplace