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 DesignHave 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, WorkplaceFor 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, WorkplaceMuch 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, WorkplaceI 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, WorkQuick change at the lectern means I have to have my notes, computer, dongle, and remote ready to go.
Categories: UncategorizedWe 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 PlanningIn 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