What Longer Lives Mean for Strategy, Risk, and Leadership
Most leadership teams still treat longevity as a future demographic issue. In reality, longer lives are already reshaping retirement models, workforce risk, leadership pipelines, and customer relevance - often faster than strategies are adapting.
Simon Chan is a strategic advisor, thought leader, and keynote speaker who works with boards and senior leadership teams to clarify how longevity affects strategy, governance, and long-term value. Drawing on insights from the Stanford Center on Longevity, Yale School of Management, and CoGenerate, and hands-on experience advising boards and executive teams, Simon brings research credibility together with real-world judgment.
His keynotes and media appearances are designed to challenge assumptions, surface blind spots, and clarify the strategic trade-offs leaders can no longer ignore, helping institutions respond more deliberately in an era of longer lives.
Speaking Topics
Simon speaks at board and executive forums, industry conferences, leadership offsites, and curated retreats on how longer lives are reshaping strategy - and how leadership teams must respond as work, learning, and retirement evolve.
Longevity and the New Arc of Life
How longer lives are reshaping work, learning, and retirement
Longevity and the Reframing Retirement
How longer lives are reshaping retirement, financial planning, and work
Longevity and the Future of Higher Education
From one-time degrees to lifelong learning and reinvention
