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Conclusions from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017
Each year in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum hosts their Annual Meeting. This year’s Annual Meeting had the theme of Responsive and Responsible Leadership. Following my return, I wanted to share my conclusions with you from the Annual Meeting and discuss their implications for business and health. There were two overarching conclusions related to...Derek Yach | Jan 24, 2017
behavioral economics, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, China, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, disease prevention, Edelman Trust Barometer, Health, technology, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Wellcome Trust, Willis Towers Watson, World Economic Forum, Xi Jinping
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Vitality Group Featured as Health Innovation Leader in New World Economic Forum Report
Vitality Group’s program has been featured as a leading innovator in health in a report by the World Economic Forum. Published in collaboration with Willis Towers Watson, the report was released today at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Leveraging principles of behavioral economics that were originally pioneered by Nobel prize-winning psychologist,...Derek Yach | Jan 19, 2017
behavioral economics, behaviors, chronic disease, Daniel Kahneman, engagement, Health, healthy food, innovation, nudges, physical activity, prevention, Vitality, Willis Towers Watson, workplace health, World Economic Forum
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The number of people aged over 60 is set to double by 2050. Are we prepared?
By 2020, individuals aged 60 and older will be greater in number than children younger than five. By 2050, the world’s older adult population will have doubled to 2 billion. These numbers are striking. Cognitive decline, strained pension schemes, and burgeoning healthcare costs: are we prepared for tomorrow’s complex longevity challenges? These challenges provide unique...Derek Yach | Sep 9, 2016
age-friendly, aging, aging population, Bank of America, cognitive decline, financial services, Fourth Industrial Revolution, government, Health, health technology, innovative technology, Merrill Lynch, older adults, privacy, research and development, wealth, World Economic Forum
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Aging and Cognition: Maintaining Economic Security in Later Life
The United States (US) and other high-income countries are witnessing demographic changes associated with people living longer though in poorer health. Japan, the country with the highest proportion of elderly citizens, is already working to re-tool its society and economy to support an aging population, leveraging the promise of technology to do so. Many other...Derek Yach and Jason Karlawish | May 9, 2016
behavioral economics, chronic disease, financial services, healthy aging, personalized health technology, senior fraud, University of Pennsylvania, World Economic Forum
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Managing aging and cognitive decline: challenges and opportunities for financial services
It is becoming evident across borders and industries that world population changes are having a serious impact. With a predicted 2.1 billion people over 60 by 2050, significant advancements must be made in order to adapt to a world soon made up – for the first time – by greater numbers of persons over 60...Dominic Lee and Derek Yach | Feb 29, 2016
AARP, Age UK, age-friendly, Alzheimer's, Barclays, Baroness Sally Greengross, cognitive decline, Dr. Daniel Marson, financial services, healthy aging, Ian Deary, London, Lothian Cohort, senior fraud, technology, Tokyo, University of Alabama, World Economic Forum
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Companies reporting on employee health: gamble or good risk management?
Fifteen years ago, companies would never have believed it would become common practice for them to track and publicly report on their water use, energy efficiency, and carbon footprint. It did. Today, with sessions at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos on “Health is the Bottom Line” and recognition that human capital is...Shahnaz Radjy and Derek Yach | Jan 21, 2016
carbon footprint, community health, corporate reporting, data stewardship, Davos, employee health, energy efficiency, environment, ESG, health metrics, human capital, integrated reporting, materiality, privacy, risk management, sustainability, water use, WEF, World Economic Forum
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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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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
A New Social Covenant
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY AND THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM GLOBAL AGENDA COUNCIL ON VALUES HAVE ARRANGED A SERIES OF EVENTS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE CONCEPT OF A SOCIAL COVENANT CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY. The objective of this event, taking place just outside of Cape Town and co-organized by the World Economic Forum...Aug 29, 2014
chronic disease prevention, health metrics, health promotion, social covenant, South Africa, WEF, World Economic Forum
