Tag: innovation

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  What Does an Innovator Look Like?

  16 days ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Facebook’s IPO has innovation and entrepreneurship in the news. And the face of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg. The 27-year old Zuckerberg reinforces the image that many, if not most people, have come to believe is what an innovator looks like – techie and young. Youth seems to be the major ... Read More

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  It’s the Services Stupid! Transforming Old Age & New Technology Into Business Innovation

  24 days ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Many people looking to bring new ideas to old age are still warm from the glow of LED and plasma displays at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas earlier this month. Yes, there were screens, laptops and tablets a plenty…even a few robots and wearable devices to monitor ... Read More

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  Do Experts Slow Innovation?

  3 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Innovation – everyone says they want it, but when it’s time to personally embrace it and change what they do everyday there is often reluctance, if not outright resistance. In Doctors Slow to Embrace Telemedicine, Cloud Computing , Information Week’s Nicole Lewis reported the findings of CompTIA’s ... Read More

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  Why Baby Boomer Retirement Will Be An Improv Act

  5 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Who would ever think of aging and retirement as something new? The baby boomers are certainly not the first to grow old – but they are certainly headed for a different old age than their parents and all generations before them. The first six or so decades of life are generally a series of events ... Read More

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  Are You Innovating for Your Parents?

  7 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  If you are 15 years old, 50 or 50 x 2 step away from the screen right now and go to a mirror and look…. Did you look carefully? Who did you see? Did you see your parents at the same age? My guess is no. You may have seen some familiar expressions, wrinkles or if you are like me a few family chins ... Read More

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  Aging as an Extreme Sport

  8 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Aging is not for wimps. Think about it. As you change your environment remains the same. Your kitchen cabinets are still the mess they were, but now the height seems like a stretching exercise. Your home's stairs now qualify as a steeple chase. And, what was once a simple shopping trip or bus ride ... Read More

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  Five Fast Facts on the Future of Real Estate, Graying Boomers & Aging-in-Place

  8 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  If you are in the housing and real estate development business, an investor or simply thinking about your own housing options the baby boomers are shaping your future fortunes again – but with a twist. Rather than driving new home sales they are showing preliminary signs of staying put. That is ... Read More

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  Writing a New Contract Between Employers and Older Workers

  9 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Older workers are news these days. Consider two contrasting New York Times stories reported on the same day. Nelson Schwartz writes in Easy Out the Gray-Haired. Or Not., that older workers, regardless of industry, are being shown the door due to “leaner and meaner” business realities and changing ... Read More

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  Do Baby Boomer Women Want to Divorce Your Brand? Midlife Divorce Trends & Three Questions for Brand Loyalty & Innovation

  9 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Marketers and product developers are showing new interest in older consumers. That interest must include more than simply dusting off brands and banking on fond memories. Many brand strategists hold on tightly to an assumption that comforts them like a warm blanket – focusing brand engagement ... Read More

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  Life Tomorrow: A Look Inside the MIT AgeLab

  9 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Aging is new. Lifespans today in the industrialized world are 30-40 years more than they were 100 years ago. Older adults are among the fastest growing cohorts in developing economies. Living longer and better demands that we rethink personal, societal and technical ideas of what it means to age and ... Read More