The Experimental Leader

Rethinking Age in the Workplace with Dan Pontefract

The Experimental Leader

Show Notes

What if one of the biggest untapped resources in today’s workplace isn’t technology, but experience? In this episode of The Experimental Leader, Melanie Parish and Mel Rutherford sit down with leadership strategist and author Dan Pontefract to rethink age, experience, longevity, and the future of work.

This conversation invites leaders to ask an important question: What could your organization gain if you stopped treating age as a limitation and started treating experience as an asset?

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