Stage Not Age, Susan Wilner Golden
Stage Not Age, Susan Wilner Golden
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Stage (Not Age)
How to Understand and Serve People Over 60—the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Market in the World

Author: Susan Wilner Golden

Narrator: Petrea Burchard

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/14/2022


Synopsis

The $21 trillion opportunity that can only be unlocked if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.

In the time it takes you to read this, another twenty Americans will turn sixty-five. Ten thousand people a day are crossing that threshold, and that number will continue to grow. In fifteen years, Americans aged sixty-five and over will outnumber those under age eighteen. This change is coming: Nearly everywhere in the world, people over sixty will become the dominant population.

Demographers tend to pose the new longevity as a crisis we are not prepared for. And there are serious issues to address in order to serve this population, and society as a whole.

But longevity also presents an opportunity for which companies need to develop a strategy. Estimates put the global market for this demographic at $21 trillion across every industry you can think of: entertainment, travel, education, healthcare, housing, transportation, consumer goods and services, product design, and financial services will all benefit if they can figure out a way to serve this market.

Stage (Not Age) is the concise guide to helping companies understand and serve this burgeoning market by focusing on life stage, not age, and identifying the deep diversity of needs within the demographic. It will reset your understanding of what an "old person" is, help identify the systemic barriers to entering the market, and outline ways to overcome them. Best practices of companies that have successfully shifted strategies to reflect the new demographics will show how success can be achieved.

Stage (Not Age) prepares you for an inevitable shift you can't ignore.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on September 25, 2022

We all know that lifespans are longer than they used to be, but few of us understand the implications. Susan Golden helps us explore what the future might bring, and should bring, and has me rethinking the enterprises I support. Golden helped me understand that it’s not just years we are adding, but......more

Goodreads review by Karren on June 19, 2022

I appreciated the opportunity to re-imagine the opportunities and implications that longevity presents. The many examples provided bring clarity to many concepts that we know but, perhaps, don't leverage to do things differently, eg what does it mean for marketers that over half of eighty-five-year-......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 11, 2023

read the book Stage (Not Age) by Susan Wilner Golden. It was a title our library director ordered for me because it was a Big Ideas Book Discussion book. I thought it would give me insight on adult programming. However, the book was not what I expected. On the cover it says "How to understand and s......more

Goodreads review by Nattapon on March 29, 2024

In the past, I only enjoyed reading books. But now, I've become a writer myself. Through this experience, I've come to understand that writing a book requires much more effort and time compared to simply reading one. Consequently, I've developed a greater appreciation for books. Regarding Susan Wiln......more

Goodreads review by Louise on June 12, 2022

A standing ovation for Susan Wilner Golden's STAGE (NOT AGE) in guiding marketers, companies, and individuals to an accurate stage-based view of life. Age does not determine who you are, nor how you life, so traditional, pat divisions of markets into neat, numbers-based boxes do not truly nor useful......more