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kevinjo

Part of Cisco IBSG, co-leading a global programme called Ageing Well with my Healthy colleague, Petra and Innovative one, William. Other IBSG hats have included running our European Education sector work and UK&Ire activities cross-sector. Pre-Cisco, I’ve fixed, run and built Chemical plants with three global companies, and led or advised large-scale change in most other sectors. I’m a Shetlander by origin, a music, theatre, sport and country lover by nature, and - by good fortune - the husband to a lovely wife and father of equally-lovely 19 & 17-yr old daughters.

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  • commented on Tipping point? over 4 years ago.

    Martin - Intersting question.  If "there" is habitual, passionate openness by the majority globally, wherever that's in the public and national interest, I'd say we'll be "here" for some time.  I tend to believe people WANT sunlight though, and that country-specific detonations as you describe them (eg Malaysia dragging, Oz streaming ...or the current furore around UK MPs' expenses) all help to lift the blinds a bit more - if that opporunity ...

  • tagged Ageing well in a connected world (Point of view) with the tag Age over 4 years ago.

  • uploaded a PDF file: Ageing well in a connected world (Point of view) over 4 years ago.

    The economic and social implications of our ageing society continue to grow. This is unchartered territory for which - like other macro issues like climate change and globalisation - networked communication technologies will play a huge part in addressing effectively.  Cisco's "Ageing Well" programme is addressing this premis; the attached POV outlines the considerations on which this work is based and is shared here f...

  • tagged Smart Work Centers: will they work? with the tag Age over 4 years ago.

  • commented on Smart Work Centers: will they work? over 4 years ago.

    Bas - your point on the relevance for an ageing society is a pertinent one.  Whether driven by economic factors or social ones, promoting "age-friendly" working arrangements will be increasingly important.  Evolving Smart Work Centres of the NL-type to be increasingly inclusive in design and appeal, can - along with smart work DESIGN - be one part of the answer.  There's scope for at least a quadrupal win here - helping employers to tap the growin...

  • tagged Age: Why grey is the new green with the tag Age over 4 years ago.

  • edited a PDF file: Age: Why grey is the new green over 4 years ago.

    Society is ageing rapidly - a macro issue with huge social, economic and political implications. Having 85% additional people aged 60 or over (as the UN projects for 20 years time) will bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities, which cross cultures and sectors.  Today the significance is appreciated in a relatively few pockets, but five years hence I predict that the "grey" agenda (or "gray", depending where you're ageing/aging) will have gained the same prominence that the...

  • edited a PDF file: Age: Why grey is the new green over 4 years ago.

    Society is ageing rapidly - a macro issue with huge social, economic and political implications. Having 85% additional people aged 60 or over (as the UN projects for 20 years time) will bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities, which cross cultures and sectors.  Today the significance is appreciated in a relatively few pockets, but five years hence I predict that the "grey" agenda (or "gray", depending where you're ageing/aging) will have gained the same prominence that the...

  • edited a PDF file: Age: Why grey is the new green over 4 years ago.

    Society is ageing rapidly - a macro issue with huge social, economic and political implications. Having 85% additional people aged 60 or over (as the UN projects for 20 years time) will bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities, which cross cultures and sectors.  Today the significance is appreciated in a relatively few pockets, but five years hence I predict that the "grey" agenda (or "gray", depending where you're ageing/aging) will have gained the same prominence that the...

  • edited a PDF file: Age: Why grey is the new green over 4 years ago.

    Society is ageing rapidly - a macro issue with huge social, economic and political implications. Having 85% additional people aged 60 or over (as the UN projects for 20 years time) will bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities, which cross cultures and sectors.  Today the significance is appreciated in a relatively few pockets, but five years hence I predict that the "grey" agenda (or "gray", depending where you're ageing/aging) will have gained the same prominence that the...

  • uploaded a PDF file: Age: Why grey is the new green over 4 years ago.

    Society is ageing rapidly - a macro issue with huge social, economic and political implications. Having 85% additional people aged 60 or over (as the UN projects for 20 years time) will bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities, which cross cultures and sectors.  Today the significance is appreciated in a relatively few pockets, but five years hence I predict that the "grey" agenda (or "gray", depending where you're ageing/aging) will have gained the same prominence that the...