Congratulations to Bradley Schurman for his pragmatic, thought provoking overview of ‘The super Age’ – this time in history when there are more older citizens than ever – but only one in seven companies is actively responding to this growing consumer force.

Did you hear the tale of the photographer, the gynaecologist and the art curator? Probably not, so it’s about time that you did. Earlier this year I was privileged to visit an exhibition which resulted from the collaboration between these three remarkable women. Titled Flesh after Fifty, it all started with Martha Hickey, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at the University of Melbourne. Martha was frustrated that she couldn’t ‘get through’ on the importance and meaning of menopause.

For the past 20 years David Donnelly has been asking baby boomers what they think, want and are most concerned about. Life satisfaction looms large. Donnelly’s social research consultancy organisation, instinct and reason, brings organisations to the marketplace, advising how to sell and at what price.

For the past 20 years David Donnelly has been asking baby boomers what they think, want and are most concerned about. Life satisfaction looms large. Donnelly’s social research consultancy organisation, instinct and reason, brings organisations to the marketplace, advising how to sell and at what price.

Abul Rizvi is a retired academic living in Australia’s national capital, Canberra. He’s an expert in population ageing. But more than this, he is a hands-on practitioner, having actively managed Australia’s migration program between 1995-2007.

To say he knows a thing or two about population is an understatement.

Happily for the rest of us, he has distilled his nearly 30 years of experience and research into an 80-page volume, Population Shock.

Abul Rizvi is a retired academic living in Australia’s national capital, Canberra. He’s an expert in population ageing. But more than this, he is a hands-on practitioner, having actively managed Australia’s migration program between 1995-2007.

To say he knows a thing or two about population is an understatement.

Happily for the rest of us, he has distilled his nearly 30 years of experience and research into an 80-page volume, Population Shock.

There’s a lot of talk about the ingredients of a long and productive life. In fact, you’d think we were writing the rules for current generations to follow for health and happiness. This is arrogant rubbish

Maybe it’s his somewhat contradictory CV – a mix of venture capital and socially progressive think tank experience – that now allows him to connect the dots, for the benefit of others, in a super interesting way