Tag: aging and business

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  GenEX-pectation Rising: What Business & Government Need to Know is the Real Difference Between the Baby Boomers & Yesterday's Old Age

  11 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  I was invited by AARP and the Atlantic Monthly to join a forum "What's Next? How Technology will Revolutionize the Boomer Generation" in Washington, DC last Fall. This is update to a previous post Baby Boomers & Technology: Possibilities, Privacy & Promise. Alexis Madrigal, Senior Editor of ... Read More

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  Is Privacy a Barrier to Older Adult Adoption of New Technology?

  11 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Face it you like your privacy. But little by little you have given it up for a little benefit here, a convenience there. Your life, home, auto and health insurers know a lot about you -- some things you don't even remember or knew were recorded. Schools and employers have a long paper trail that ... Read More

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  The New Look of Old Age & What It May Mean for Business Innovation

  11 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Images matter. They help us make sense of the world anddefine our reality. Overtime images can become symbols that frame what webelieve – thwarting or facilitating change. Changes in social definitions ofhow we view the world often comes with slow, sometimes subtle cues that reframehow we think. How ... Read More

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  Market Alchemy & Turning Gray into Gold: Five Targets of Innovation for the ‘Senior Care Industry’

  12 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Before chemistry was ‘chemistry’ there was alchemy. Alchemists sought to change gray lead into gold, well, gold. Sounds reasonable. The atomic number of lead is 82. Gold’s atomic number is 79. So close – but close was not good enough then and it is not good enough now. A phrase, and variations of it ... Read More

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  Making Health & Old Age Fun: Dr. Oz, Joe Coughlin & MIT AgeLab’s AGNES

  12 months ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  AGNES (Age Gain Now Empathy System) was developed atthe MIT AgeLabto provide a tool for students, researchers, government agencies and companiesto better understand, empathize and develop innovations to meet the uniqueneeds of older adults (see Fast Company Magazine’s interview with myAgeLab ... Read More

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  Managing Complexity & Innovating an "Easy Button" for Old Age

  about 1 year ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Old age is hard work. Managing the inherent complexities of aging or caring for those who areolder is both a personal challenge and opportunity for innovation. In a study conducted by IBM, complexity was identified by CEOs around the world as amajor challenge. But complexity is no longer just the ... Read More

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  Digital Love: Older Adults, Technology & Finding New Love Online

  about 1 year ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Happy Valentine’s Day!Cards, candy and…connecting online? Older adults are among the fastest growing age group meeting and matching digitally. Worldwide more older adults are finding love online. Match.com reports that 22%of its members are over age 50 in an industry estimated to generate more than ... Read More

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  Social Media and the Online Lives of Baby Boomers: A Conversation with Jeff Taylor, Eons.com

  about 1 year ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  Much to the dismay of theirchildren, baby boomers are online and doing more than checking out pictures offamily members and exchanging recipes. Boomers are moving to online communitiesto help them with the daily ‘jobs’ of midlife and older age. Certainly theseonline jobs include the common ... Read More

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  Translating Global Trends into Regional Economic Opportunity: The Pacific Northwest Looks at Older Baby Boomers, Health & Technological Innovation

  about 1 year ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  TheMIT Enterprise Forum Northwest held Boomers, Technology & Health: Consumers Taking Charge in Seattle, Washington on January 19, 2011. The event examinedthe role of baby boomers in future technology innovation with a special focus onhealth.  The organizers did morethan an excellent job framing the ... Read More

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  Developing the New Tools of Innovation for the Older Consumer: MIT AgeLab Featured in Fast Company Magazine

  about 1 year ago

  Joseph F Coughlin in Disruptive Demographics

  MIT AgeLab AGNESAge Gain Now Empathy SystemOld age is not new, but integrating the demands of older consumers into the design process for products that are fun and fashionable is new to business. Aging is far more than disease and disability - it is life tomorrow. Only recently have businesses begun ... Read More