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Futurist, best-selling author, psychologist, gerontologist, entrepreneur and public speaker.
Over the past 30 years, Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D. has emerged as the nation's foremost
visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing, financial,
healthcare and workforce implications of the “age wave." He is a psychologist, gerontologist and author of
ten books on aging-related issues, including
Bodymind, Millennium: Glimpses Into the 21st Century,
Healthy Aging, his best-seller
Age Wave and his latest,
Age Power: How the 21st Century will be Ruled by the New Old.
He is currently working on two new books, Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent (with Tamara Erickson and Robert Morison)
and The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life
(with Dan Kadlec). His article, It's Time to Retirement Retirement,
was recently awarded the prestigious 2004 McKinsey Award in the
Harvard Business Review, tying for first place with Peter Drucker.
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During his career, Dr. Dychtwald has addressed nearly two million people
worldwide in his speeches to corporate, association and government groups,
and appears frequently on national television and radio programs, including
60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CSPAN, PBS, NPR and CNNfn.
Like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, his explorations and innovative solutions
have fertilized and catalyzed a broad spectrum of industry sectors from
vitamins and cookies to automotive design and retail merchandising to mutual
funds and health insurance. A highly sought-after public speaker and
consultant, he is consistently praised for his unique ability to blend
cutting edge social science and marketing wizardry with world-class
presentation showmanship. His strikingly accurate predictions have been
featured in many prestigious publications including: The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Financial Times, Fortune, Time,
Newsweek, Business Week, Inc., U.S. News and World Report and Advertising
Age. American Demographics Magazine recently honored Ken Dychtwald as
being the single most influential leader in understanding and marketing to aging
boomers during the past quarter century. |
In 1986, in partnership with his wife,
Maddy Kent-Dychtwald, Dr. Dychtwald
became the founding President and CEO of Age Wave, a firm created to guide
companies and government groups in product/service development for boomers
and mature adults. In recent years, he has served as a fellow of the World
Economic Forum and is the recipient of the distinguished American Society
on Aging Award for outstanding national leadership in the field of aging.
His extensive client list has included nearly half of the Fortune 500.
In May 2001, Ken Dychtwald became a Senior Advisor to
North Castle Partners,
a private equity firm focused on investment opportunities in the "healthy living
and aging" sectors. In addition, Dr. Dychtwald has been actively involved in
pioneering research efforts exploring the implications of key demographic trends.
In 2002, he completed the Re-Visioning Retirement
Project, a landmark survey and segmentation of today's and tomorrow's
retirees, developed by Dr. Dychtwald with Harris Interactive and sponsored by AIG
SunAmerica. He is currently working with Meridian Health to jointly develop a
model of a 21st century 'utopian' aging-ready health care delivery system. In
collaboration with more than 100 of the world's most prominent nutrition scientists
and clinicians, Dr. Dychtwald developed, with Harris Interactive, a pioneering study,
Optimal
Daily Intake (ODI) to establish the "optimal" daily amounts of selected nutrients for healthy
adults and a variety of prevalent medical conditions. This groundbreaking work
seeks to shape a new paradigm of optimal health versus adequate health.
In human resources, Dr. Dychtwald has collaborated with the Concours Group — the
global IT and HR consultancy, to lead the Demography
is De$tiny Project — a visionary research and development venture
exploring the profound effect that demographic shifts will have on all aspects
of workforce and management dynamics. Dr. Dychtwald and the Concours Group
have joined forces again to undertake an original and pioneering research study,
developed with Harris Interactive, The
New Employee/Employer Equation Study. This seminal segmentation study will
determine the "ideal employee deal" for each segment in today's increasingly
diverse workforce.
During the past 30 years, through his sought-after presentations, his
breakthrough research and consulting initiatives, and his leadership
within both the social science and business communities, Ken Dychtwald
has dedicated his life to battling ageist stereotypes while promoting a
new and vital image of maturity.
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