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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Revolutionizing Healthy Ageing
Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, contends that we are living in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The first industrial revolution (c.1750) delivered mechanical production, the second (c.1900) provided mass production, and the third (c.1960) brought computers. Today, the fourth industrial revolution is ushering in ubiquitous, mobile,...Derek Yach | Jan 20, 2016
3D printing, aging, artificial intelligence, data stewardship, Davos, Derek Yach, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Agenda Council on Ageing, innovative technology, internet of things, Klaus Schwab, personalized health technology, rapid gene sequencing, robotics, WEF, World Economic Forum
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Longevity in the Workplace: 60 is the new 40
By Dominic Lee, Derek Yach, and Meghan Fitzgerald The ageing of the world’s population has significant implications for the workplace. For the first time in history, there will soon be more people over age 60 than under age 15 in the world. This means that existing attitudes surrounding our global workforce and efforts to attract and...Dominic Lee, Derek Yach, and Meghan Fitzgerald | Jan 18, 2016
AARP, age-friendly cities, aging, Cardinal Health, caregiving, competitiveness, healthy aging, longevity, retirement, United States, WEF, WHO, workforce health, World Economic Forum
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A Healthy Roundup: The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
It is undeniable that health is undergoing an unprecedented digital revolution. This transformation was prominently displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which took place from January 6-9, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV. According to the CES Daily, more than 800 companies exhibited a wearables product, and approximately 500 exhibitors considered themselves part of the...Gillian Christie | Jan 13, 2016
artificial intelligence, Blaze, CES, Consumer Electronics Show, data, digital health, Edith Ramirez, embeddables, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FitBit, Ginni Rometty, IBM, IBM Watson, Krush, L'Oreal, La Vegas, Oculus, Pepper, privacy, SoftBank, Under Armour, virtual reality, WAVE framework, wearable technology, wearables
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Workplace Health Programs Linked to Improved Stock Performance
New research has just been published demonstrating that companies with best in class workplace health programs tend to outperform their peers in terms of stock performance. The key take-away is that investing in evidence-based employee health programs is a proxy for other highly effective business practices and great governance. Three studies published by Ray Fabius,...Shahnaz Radjy and Derek Yach | Jan 8, 2016
ACOEM, C. Everett Koop Award, CEOs, Davos, employee health, evidence-based, financial performance, good governance, health metrics, HERO, investing in health, JOEM, Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Michael O'Donnell, Ray Fabius, reporting on health, Ron Goetzel, Ron Loeppke, South Africa, stock performance, USA, workplace health, World Economic Forum
