Joseph F. Coughlin
GET UPDATES FROM Joseph F. Coughlin
 
Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD is Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. Based in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division he teaches policy and systems innovation. Dr. Coughlin’s research focuses on how businesses, governments and complex socio-technical systems respond to changing disruptive demographic trends, evolving lifestyles and new technologies. He is one of Fast Company Magazine’s ‘100 Most Creative People in Business’ and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of “12 pioneers inventing the future of aging and how we will all live, work and play tomorrow.” He was appointed by President Bush to the White House Conference on Aging Advisory Committee. Dr. Coughlin has advised numerous governments around the world, the World Economic Forum, and the OECD. A Fellow of Switzerland’s World Demographics & Ageing Forum he is a frequent speaker to groups of 10 to 10,000 and consults to businesses worldwide on consumer-centered product innovation and market strategy.

Blog Entries by Joseph F. Coughlin

Urbanization Interrupted: Economic Stress and Investing in the Well-being of the Global Megacity

(2) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 12:42 PM

According to the United Nations, more than 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urbanized areas. It is estimated that by 2030 nearly 60 percent of the world's population will become city dwellers. Without question urbanization is a major demographic driver shaping the future of nations,...

Read Post

Got Happiness? Where Marketing Meets the Science of Well-Being

(6) Comments | Posted February 10, 2012 | 8:42 AM

Are you happy? Have you noticed the number of companies that are no longer promising the best quality, experience or even the best price for a product or service as the reason to give them a try? Instead they appear to be offering something we used to think money couldn't...

Read Post

Sinking Trust

(27) Comments | Posted January 20, 2012 | 5:21 PM

With 4,000 passengers aboard, the Costa Concordia cruise liner ran aground off the coast of Italy. Thus far 21 people are missing and 11 are dead. This was a tragic accident, but perhaps it is evolving into something more than an isolated event of human error and physics...

Read Post