Tag: human resources

Writing a New Contract Between Employers and Older Workers

12 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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About Disruptive Demographics

74 Posts since 2010

New thinking on the impacts of aging, social trends & technology on business innovation & public policy.

Joseph Coughlin is the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. His research focuses on how the convergence of demographic change and technology will drive innovation in business and government. Dr. Coughlin teaches strategic management and policy innovation in MIT's Engineering Systems Division. He speaks, consults and collaborates with governments and businesses worldwide.