Confessions of an Englishman over 50
I’ve long admired Jane Genova whose speechwriting blog is featured in my Blogroll. She’s a prolific writer who also writes on career challenges for the over 50′s.
Jane noticed that I reviewed her book, Over-50: How We Keep Working, and asked if I would agree to be interviewed for her profiles of “Fifty people over 50″.
I was honored.
Jane called while I was on a business trip to Detroit and I spent a half hour chatting with her on the phone while outside a Greektown restaurant. The resulting write up is alternately headlined as:
- In England, you fail and you’re finished
- In Silicon Valley you learn to jump from lily pad to lily pad
- The mindset in Silicon Valley is very Darwinian
Same interview, different blog outlets. I love the re-purposing of the material for different audiences.
There’s also a writerly alliteration in the lead: Ian Griffin is our fifth Fifty-Over-50 to be featured.
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I manage outreach to HP retirees and the lessons learned here are timeless. Even in retirement, retirees and soon-to-be retirees are honing their skills and (to paraphrase Ian’s words) eyeing the next lily pad. Thanks for highlighting an important part of the workforce.
By Jill on 05.08.10 7:41 pm
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