Paul Irving - Our Longevity Journeys

In this first episode of 4-Quarter Lives, host Avivah Wittenberg-Cox talks with Paul Irving. Paul is the archetype of the stories this podcast would like to share. First, he’s a role model of Third Quarter re-inventions. He went back to school in his late 50s, after a successful 30 plus-year career in the law. He moved from Los Angeles to Cambridge to go through Harvard’s Advanced Leadership (ALI) program in 2010, soon after it started. This program, which Avivah herself is taking part in, provides people in their third quarter of life opportunities to explore new directions, with a particular emphasis on social impact. Post-ALI, Paul returned to L.A. to serve as president of a prominent think tank, the Milken Institute, and founded its Center for the Future of Aging – where he has now spent more than a decade engaging with an entirely new world. An advocate for the power of lifelong learning, Paul shares the impact his late education had on his life. Then we explore how the longevity topic has exploded in the time he has been at Milken – from knocking on doors that wouldn’t answer to being awarded red carpets (and awards) around the globe. He gives us today’s state of play, for individuals making transitions in midlife and for organisations. And he looks forward to what’s next – and what you may want to do about it.Key Reports* Age Forward Cities for 2030* Silver to Gold: The Business of AgeingRelated Roles & Organisations* https://milkeninstitute.org/centers/center-for-the-future-of-aging* https://gero.usc.edu/* https://encore.org/* https://nam.edu/initiatives/grand-challenge-healthy-longevity/global-roadmap-for-healthy-longevity/* https://dci.stanford.edu/ Get full access to 4-Quarter Lives | Elderberries at elderberries.substack.com/subscribe