This document discusses longevity and the future of work. It identifies five key drivers shaping the future of work: demographics and longevity, career ownership, the freelance economy, platform environments, and AI and robotics. It also discusses how longevity is revolutionary and impacts norms, situations, and behaviors. It argues that we need to shift thinking, debunk myths about older workers, and shape a different future of work for everyone by focusing on performance rather than age.

1. Lisa Taylor
lisa@challengefactory.ca
Longevity and the Future of Work
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2. Challenge Factory…
Works with
future-focused
Organizations
who want…
…the same level of
confidence in their
People Roadmap
as they do in their
Technology
Roadmap…
…so that they can
thrive, and sustain
competitive
advantage in an
increasingly
disruptive business
landscape.
future
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3. foresight
insight
action
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5. DEMOGRAPHICS
& LONGEVITY
CAREER
OWNERSHIP
FREELANCE
ECONOMY
PLATFORM
ENVIRONMENT
AI AND
ROBOTICS
Five Drivers Shaping the Future of Work
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6. We need to catch up to our own longevity
Social Security Life Expectancy
Today’s Life
Expectancy
• Introduced in 1966 – age 67 Flexible
Retirement started in 2010 74 82
• 1935- age 65 63 82
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7. Career timelines
have changed
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8. Longevity is
Revolutionary
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Source: Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work, Taylor and Lebo, p. 17
Impacts norms, situations &
behaviours
All at the same time
Affecting everyone
Understandable patterns and is
predictable
Right now – and urgent!
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9. We are all actors in this
revolution
What stories are we
telling?
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10. All dressed up but
nowhere to go
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11. High
Low
DemandforLabouraged50+
Supply of labour aged 50+ High
Capacity
Surplus
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12. Norway has a high
participation rate of
workers over age 50… but
are talent escalators
broken?
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13. We need to rethink our employee lifecycle
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14. Shift thinking, debunk
myths and shape a
different Future of Work
for everyone.
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15. Age-based myths
generally focus on
performance or costs.
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16. EXCESSIVE
SALARIES
SQUANDERED
INVESTMENT
INTERGENERATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
CHARACTERISTICS
BEST BEFORE
DATES
DIMINISHED
PRODUCTIVITY
The 5 Myths
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17. “Misuse or underuse of older workers
and their talent is what is expensive.”
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Option A? Option B?
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(Taylor and Lebo, 2019)

18. How much more innovation could
occur if we caught up with our own
longevity?
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19. …And what happens if we
perpetuate the myths?
Answer: We'll waste time building
better carriages for faster horses
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20. Let’s get to
work!
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Lisa Taylor
lisa@challengefactory.ca