this week
Choosing the narrative forges our views, the very idea of ourselves, and therefore the direction of our future, points out Annie Brewster, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, practicing internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, founder of Health Story Collaborative, and author
Annie Brewster
Ditch the utilitarian view
Gustavo Sugahara, economist and postdoc researcher at SERAF-UiO and ARA-FoU | Sørlandet Sykehus HF, lecturer at the OsloMet, explores the implication between economy and aging
We're in the prime of our power
Susan Lee Colby and Kathy Sjogren, co-founders of GraceCreative talk about their mission and their campaign #AgeisNOTjustaNumber
Aging is not a straight line
Patti Temple Rocks, communicator and author of I’m Not Done: It’s Time to Talk about Ageism in the Workplace, recalls how she went from ignorance to awareness about ageism
Focus on what you gain
Michael F. Kay, Certified Financial Planner, and founder of Chapter X points out that aging and retirement are not about money only, but also about values
Generationalism backs ageism
Jennie Bristow, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University talks about boomer blaming and ageism
Watch out for discriminatory design
Kathryn H. Anthony, Ph.D., ACSA Distinguished Professor, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talks about design and ageism
The intergenerational war is a false myth
For Martin Hyde, Associate Professor of Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Aging at Swansea University, the tax heavens make life hell for young and old
We are all ageists and this hurts us
Professor Liat Ayalon, from Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, talks about the psychological mechanisms of age-related prejudices
Trashing impairs our ability to embrace transformations
Susan Strasser, Richards Professor Emerita of American History at the University of Delaware, talks about consumerism and ageism
They can't sell me time in a jar
Heike Polster, Associate Professor of German at the University of Memphis, Tennessee discusses how we construct the concept of self-worth at the intersection between time and money
A sense of purpose will reshape the future of work
Yvonne Sonsino, Partner and Innovation Leader of Mercer’s Digital Innovation Hub, International Region, and author talks about ageism and the workplace
We won’t be silenced
Jane Evans, founder of The Uninvisibility Project talks about the need to fight invisibility due to ageism
Be aware of your internalized prejudices
Bonnie Marcus, executive coach and author talks about ageism and our unconscious bias
Make your future happen
Talking about pride in aging, Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn invokes a more diverse representation of women in leadership positions in film, advertising, and publishing
The workplace can feed or curb ageist behaviors: here’s how
Laura Naegele, researcher at the Department of Aging and Labour Work at the Institute for Gerontology at the University of Vechta talks about ageism and the workplace
By denting the GDP ageism is making us poorer
Domini Bingham, Lecturer in Educational Leadership at the UCL Institute of Education, University College of London talks about economics and age-based discrimination in the workplace
Reject self-imposed limitations
Stela Lupushor, founder and chair person amazing.community invokes a change of attitude in the workplace
The potential doesn’t age
Alison Wolf, economist, and the Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King’s College in London talks about aging women’s potential