Episode 52: How to Prepare for an Aging Workforce

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As experienced employees retire and fewer younger workers are available to step in to replace them, organizations risk losing critical knowledge faster than they can retain it. Our guest, Dan Pontefract, argues that leaders must be ready for this moment. In The Future of Work Is Grey, he shows how age confers unique strengths, such as deep expertise, steady reliability, and adaptive thinking—and why leaders who recognize and integrate those qualities will be the ones whose organizations stay resilient. Dan is a leadership and corporate culture strategist with twenty years of experience in senior roles at SAP, TELUS, and Business Objects. He has since advised organizations like Salesforce,…