The Future of Work Is Grey: The Untapped Value of Age in the Workforce

Dan Pontefract is a leadership and corporate culture strategist and an award-winning author with over two decades of senior executive experience at SAP, TELUS, and Business Objects. Since launching Pontefract Group in 2018, he has worked with organizations worldwide, including Salesforce, Amgen, Nestlé, Autodesk, Manulife, BMO, Nutrien, and Virgin Media O2. He has presented at four TED events and delivered over 600 keynote talks in Australia, the Middle East, Europe, the US, and Canada. He is the author of Work-Life Bloom (winner of the 2024 Thinkers50 Best New Management Book and the Axiom Business Book Awards Gold Medal), Lead. Care. Win., Open to Think, The Purpose Effect, and Flat Army. He writes for Forbes and Harvard Business Review and is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria's Gustavson School of Business. Named as one of the Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2018, HR Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in HR, and Inc. Magazine's Top 100 Leadership Speakers, Dan lives in Victoria, BC.