Laura Carstensen
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- Milken Institute59 min
The Business of Aging: Capitalizing on the Demographic Shift
Patricia (Pat) Milligan, Kirsten Axelsen, Laura Carstensen, Camilla Cavendish, Scott Frisch, Pat Milligan
Global demographics are driving a critical divergence between rising life expectancy and stagnant healthy aging, creating urgent labor supply pressures and widening socioeconomic health gaps. Contrary to prevailing myths, data indicates that older workers enhance team productivity and stability, yet systemic barriers like age bias and a lack of targeted retention strategies continue to exclude them from the workforce. Experts recommend shifting from age-based to life-stage benefits and fostering flexible, two-way conversations to integrate aging populations into a reimagined career lifecycle.
- Milken Institute59 min
From Success to Significance: A Legacy of Purpose for Longer Lives
Laura Carstensen, Michael Eisner, Mark Friedman, Paul Irving, Joanne Jenkins
As life expectancy rapidly expands and the Baby Boomer generation transitions into old age, society faces a critical shortage of cultural infrastructure to support decades of extended vitality. Experts argue that retiring at 65 is an unsustainable model, urging a shift toward continuous "encore careers" and intergenerational mentorship to unlock a longevity dividend for solving global challenges. Without new social scripts and institutional innovations like purpose-driven work models, the potential of older adults to address complex issues such as climate change and caregiving shortages will remain dangerously underutilized.