Ken Dychtwald: How the Age Wave pathfinder inspired a new view of aging by Colin Milner

A singular figure in the aging sphere, Ken Dychtwald, PhD, has seemingly done it all. This leading-edge Boomer has spent more than four decades focused on older adults and their potential, emerging as an early visionary on an aging world. Dychtwald, a psychologist and gerontologist, is today widely viewed as North America's most original thinker about the social, economic, healthcare, marketing and workforce implications of the age wave-a term he coined in the 1980s. He is also a bestselling author of 16 books .... Only the fourth recipient of the ICAA INSPIRE Award, Dychtwald is being honored "for his exceptional and lasting contributions to the [active-aging] industry and for his efforts to make a difference in the lives of older adults globally." In this wide-ranging interview , he shares his remarkable journey and, among other things, how he came to focus on older adults and their potential to transform their lives-and society-early in his career.