Avivah Wittenberg-Cox: 4-Quarter Lives: 10 Lessons from Season 4

In this wrap-up episode to the latest season of 4-Quarter Lives, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox reviews the 10 fascinating conversations she has had over the last 10 weeks. Her discussions with Haleh Nazeri (World Economic Forum), Philip O’Keefe (Ageing Asia Research Hub) and Emi Kiyota (Singapore National University) explored the challenges presented by aging populations, at a regional and national level. She followed this with conversations about the implications of older workers and customers for companies. James Root (Bain & Co), Michael Fossat (Schneider Electric), Lisa Edgar (Saga), Sibylle Le Maire (Club Landoy) and Lyndsey Simpson (55 Redefined) discussed their research and organizational responses to the issue. Finally, she looked at what all this means for individuals, their careers – and career prospects. Her conversations with Mona Mourshed (Generation: You Employed) and Julie Miller (AARP) provided fascinating insights for all of us.

As Avivah concludes, The season has been a good example of what she has been aiming to do with 4-Quarter Lives - namely to chart the impact of the new longevity on careers, companies and countries and the complexity and inter-relationships between these areas. And to show how generational balance is to the 21^st century what gender balance was to the 20^th.