The Age of Internship 2.0 — Why Our Next Interns Could Have Grandkids
Having recently turned 60, I find myself reflecting on work, purpose, and the paradoxes of professional life. While I continue to enjoy consulting work in the HR and Psychometrics space and as a Fractional CHRO, I can’t help noticing how many experienced professionals reach the so-called retirement age right when their insight, perspective, and calm leadership are most needed. This sparked an idea — a concept that is neither self-promotional nor nostalgic but aspirational: the notion of senior citizens returning to the workforce as apprentices or outturns. Inspired by The Intern – and by Reality The 2015 film The Intern , where Robert De Niro plays a 70-year-old intern to Anne Hathaway’s dynamic entrepreneur, raised an intriguing question back then: can experience and learning coexist seamlessly, regardless of age? Today, that question feels more relevant than ever. In many ways, I now find myself living a version of that story — not hunting for...