Ageing
What happens when we all live to be 100?
With predictions that in the coming decades, centurions will become the norm rather than the exception, it was no surprise that longevity was an emerging theme in Davos a few weeks back.
Professor Lynda Gratton directs London Business School’s Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Organisations – considered the world’s leading programme on human resources – and the new programme Leading Businesses into the Future, and is on the School’s governing body. She is the founder of The Hot Spots Movement and for over five years has led the Future of Work Research Consortium which has brought executives from more than 80 companies together both virtually and on a bespoke collaborative platform. She is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and has chaired the WEF Council on Leadership. She serves as a judge on the FT Business Book of the Year panel and chairs the Drucker prize panel.
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