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After decades of focusing on their retirement, Baby Boomers and aging Gen Xers are reconsidering a life of leisure and choosing instead to continue working. Some people need the financial stability, while others still have plenty of energy and ideas to contribute. The movement to not squander their collective wit and wisdom means more creative older workers continue to thrive.

What does this mean for the workforce as a whole? Do we need to rethink the  retirement age? Can we consider these older workers as we design organizational structures? How can our hiring practices accommodate creative older workers? The way we work might need to change, but so does the way we think about work.

On Monday, guest host Chris Farrell spoke with a professor of management and a celebrated writer about thriving professionally after 50. 

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If the Super Bowl halftime show taught us anything it’s that artists over 50 deserve a stage, too. The all-star, hip-hop lineup got the entire crowd on their feet. Entertainers are not the only ones still ready to shine in middle age; America’s Baby Boomers and aging Gen Xers want a chance to contribute. On Monday, guest host Chris Farrell spoke with a business professor and a writer doing their best work after 50.

After decades of focusing on their retirement, Baby Boomers and aging Gen Xers are reconsidering a life of leisure and choosing instead to continue working. The movement to not squander their collective wit and wisdom means more creative older workers continue to thrive. Guest host Chris Farrell spoke with a professor of management and a celebrated writer about thriving professionally after 50.

Creative older workers shine on stage, in offices and on the radio

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