By Dean Whittaker In this article, I would like to share with you a few thoughts about the why, how, and what of becoming an age-friendly community. First, what does it mean to be age-friendly? Age-friendly means to be sensitive to the needs of people of all ages,...
By Dean Whittaker This month’s book recommendations include Thomas Friedman’s, “Thank You for Being Late,” and Atul Gawande’s, “Being Mortal.” In Friedman’s book, we learn that the rate of change is accelerating, driven by technology that has...
By Dean Whittaker The Poem, “If,” by Rudyard Kipling comes to mind as I reflect on the times. Here’s a section from it as a reminder and a link to the entire poem: “If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If...
By Dean Whittaker As the drama of 2016 draws to a close and the hope of 2017 springs forward, I am amazed by life’s journey. We’ve all experienced joys and sorrows in the year that is passing. Joy found in the new friends/clients, the deepening relationship with...
By Dean Whittaker This month I had the privilege to speak about the future of work at the Annual Award Luncheon of the Rockland County New York Economic Development Corporation. Rockland County is on the border of New York and New Jersey on the West side of the Hudson...
