World Congress on Longevity 2017

A.T. Kearney Alumni Profile

Link to A.T. Kearney 

What have you been up to?

I have switched to listening to books on Audible. I also have them on Kindle. I toggle back and forth between them depending on the circumstance. My book reading had dipped a couple of years ago, but thanks to this approach, I have been consuming a book a month ever since.


Describe your life in three bullet points.

Our son is a junior in high school, so he (we) are going through a tremendously engaging year the includes the search for a college

I go for long walks with my dog, Fred

I am engaged in discussion with family and friends all around the world on ideas, events, and people of consequence


What is the first thing you do when you wake up?

I try to get 20 to 25 minutes of exercise in my home gym.


What is your hidden talent?

I write dialogues, essays, travelogues, and poetry.


What books do you highly recommend?

The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by John Meacham

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman


What are you most passionate about?

Understanding the age we live in. We live in a rapidly transforming world. It is incumbent on us to test our long-held assumptions.


Name three qualities that got you where you are today.

Collaborative attitude

Results oriented

Developing talent through mentoring, coaching, and training


What are you working on now that you’re most excited about?

Two themes: how to help Baby Boomers live better lives in the age of human longevity and how to help Millennials include purpose in how they make investments to make the world a better place


What change would you like to see in your industry?

An understanding of how to incorporate progress in digital technologies and artificial intelligence into the core of our investment management business


What is the best advice you’ve received?

Exercise every day


When you think of A.T. Kearney, what’s the first word that comes to mind? Why?

Collaboration.  A.T. Kearney has a consistently collaborative, open-minded culture that combines deep subject-matter expertise with rigorous data analytics to deliver tangible results for clients across the world.


What makes you most proud about being part of the A.T. Kearney community? Why?

Fantastic professionals, genuinely caring, and friends for life


What impact did A.T. Kearney have on your career?

My tenure at A.T. Kearney gave me the core skills to solve critical problems in unstructured situations and help clients own the problem and the solution. More importantly, I learned how to help clients implement solutions and generate results. That lesson is deeply ingrained in me, and I carry it to this day.


If you did not need to work, how would you spend your time?

I would share ideas and experiences with friends and family around the world and record my thoughts in an ongoing shareable diary of sorts where the dialogue is recorded for later examination and enjoyment.


What would you most like to be remembered for?

That I was a caring person who invested in others—be they family, friends, colleagues, or neighbors


In one sentence, describe your perfect day.

I have learned from a mistake. As Samuel Beckett said, “My mistakes are my life.”


April 2017

INSEAD Wins!

I was back on campus at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School.  Across campuses, investing with purpose to drive positive social change has taken root.

Wharton hosted its annual conference on Social Impact Investing.  In addition, more than 600 students from nearly 25 business and public policy schools from around the world participated in a contest called MIINT to identify a Social Venture firm that could win an investment.

I was a speaker at the conference, a judge at the contest and we sponsored the program.  It was energizing to be with so many young minds eager to move capital markets towards doing well and doing good.

Hope you enjoy these photos from the two days.

Ben Franklin founder of U. of Penn advised, “Do well by doing good.”

Luckily this ad did not depress the registrations!

Bobby Tuner and Andre Agassi are changing the face of schooling

Dean Garrett talks about infusing business schooling with purpose

Force of nature!

The contest 

Delighted to sponsor the contest

Off to the races!

Winners are INSEAD team based in Singapore
for health education in India

Two runners up included 

The Fletcher School of Public Policy at Tufts (topic: farming) 

and 

The Kellogg Business School (topic: mental health)

Congratulations to everyone who participated with passion, purpose to pursue profit!

Additional videos and reading on Social Impact Investing:

3 minute video from the February 2017 Economist Conference:  View from the top

7 minute video for the February 2017 Yahoo Finance Summit:   Environomics

Article:  Measuring Social Impact: The Nuts and Bolts of Making a Difference

Letter:  Blackrock CEO Larry Fink letter to S&P 500 CEOs

Are you ready to live to 100?

I hope you will join my webcast conversation with Dr. Laura Carstensen of Stanford University and colleagues.

Are you ready to live to 100?

Living longer requires a bold new way of thinking about – and planning for – the future.

On March 28 at 7 p.m. EST, this webcast will help answer some of the questions people of all ages have about planning for the future.

Link to Invitation:

https://www.veracast.com/webcasts/merrilllynch/gwim2017/id32100236.cfm