Season 4! The Next Workforce: The Older

This week on 4-Quarter Lives I talk with James Root, Chair of Bain Futures.

Part of consulting firm Bain & Co, Bain Futures focuses on future trends. Their new report is titled Better With Age: The Rising Importance of Older Workers.

Why Work?

The study asked some 40,000 people across 19 countries a simple but fundamental question: ‘why do you go to work?’.

The report identifies six archetypes that encompass the diversity of motivations that people bring to their work. You can test which one you are here (I’m a Pioneer). James and I discuss evolving work motivations for people in their 3rd quarters, and the impact on companies across the world as their workforces age.

Bio - James Root

Based in Hong Kong, James Root has 35 years consulting experience in Asia, North America and Europe. He is the Former Leader of Bain & Co.’s Asia Pacific Organisation Practice; Former Managing Partner of Bain New York; and Former Chair of Bain’s Nominating Committee. An active thought leader, he's written extensively in the business press, from Harvard Business Review to The Wall Street Journal, on topics of talent, China, international expansion and the firm of the future. He’s a regular guest on TV and Radio, including CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg and Adjunct Professor on the faculty of HKUST since 2011, as well as a Fellow of Hughes Hall College, Cambridge University since 2021.

Links We Discuss

* Better with Age: The Rising Importance of Older Workers

* Quiz - What Work Archetype Are You?

* The Working Future report

* The Working Women report

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