Pfizer asked the question, “what happens when you put two different versions of ‘seniors’ into an office and have them work together?” We decided to find out, and thanks to a great group of kids and the almost-comically-too-perfect-what-the-heck-is-he-from-central-casting? 70 year-old Paul, we found the answer to be, “really, really good things.”
The big takeaway was that older seniors can still not only be productive parts of a team, but leaders as well. Paul learned from the kids, they learned from him, everybody laughed, everybody cried, there’s probably a folk song about them out there somewhere. Okay maybe nobody cried, but the video did show that being retired doesn’t mean you have to sit around in your armchair watching “Newhart” all day…although as I’m typing this that sounds absolutely delightful, if I’m being honest.
Personally, I’d love to see a “Where are they now?” piece somewhere down the line, as both sets of seniors surely will never forget one another and what they each learned.
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