HELPFUL RESOURCES
EDITOR’S PICKS
The Cost of Inaction: Delaying Finance Outsourcing
If your finance team is feeling the strain — or if you’re simply curious about how outsourcing could help — you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Who Should Be Innovating In Your Organization?
The most successful innovation leaders don’t say “follow me” — they say “I believe in your vision. How can I help make it happen?”
Richard Branson’s One-Sentence Business Revolution
In Branson’s world this means leaders need to genuinely care about people and they need to hire people who genuinely care about people.
TECHNOLOGY
The Future is Imaginary: The Present is Reality
Having a government program like Medicaid give all qualifying seniors a humanoid robot would dramatically decrease the cost of assisted living.
The Future Shows Up Whether We’re Ready Or Not
As the calendar flips from 2025 to 2026, what changes in caregiving and senior living — and what changes because reality doesn’t care about our timelines?
What Senior Living Misses About Resident Tech
The underlying message is clear: older adults aren’t “behind.” They’re exploring — when the on-ramp is built for them.
DEVELOPMENT
The Village Movement Is Growing
There is an opportunity for care providers to collaborate with local villages, or even to sponsor and support them.
Senior Housing “Is a Consumer Business”
In the long run, the prize will go to those who are able to follow people to give them what they want as they age.
Myopia and Happy Talk
Among the panelists and the LeadingAge facilitator, there was jollity, camaraderie, and commiseration.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
It Seems Obvious, but Which Would You Choose?
Imagine this scenario … You have been interviewing like crazy, frustrating, but out of the blue, you end up with two amazing offers on the table …
Stillness As Strategy: Slowing Down Can Improve Care
Stillness practices, including Tai Chi, come from a being mode. And the being mode is where teams recover.
The Leadership Trap You Are Missing
Here is the truth: you like some of the people you lead better than others. And conversely, you dislike some of your team members.
LEADERSHIP
A Devastating View of Senior Living
If senior living is to thrive and improve the lives of aging Americans, we have to change the perception, and the occasional reality, of the industry.
Is the NIC Fall Conference Just Like The Met Gala For Senior Living …
What we have here is not a conference. It is the Met Gala. With better food, worse fashion, and nobody willing to admit they got dressed for the occasion.
What Do You Want Out Of …
This exercise comes from summer camp. It is exceedingly simple and elegant, and it will do amazing things for your organization.
LIFE ENRICHMENT
Family Business: Why Not Collaborate?
Family-run senior housing enterprises tend to emphasize the resident experience long before tax status. Family reputation is at stake.
What if You Could Have More Joy in Your Life?
Here’s the thing … Joy doesn’t cost energy. It produces it. Most of us have that exactly backwards.
Forgotten Souls
Will the industry that will be there when you are older, be no better than the industry to which you have dedicated your career? Is change possible?
SALES & MARKETING
A Welcome Spam Message
The visual is appealing, and the glimpse of fresh vegetables immediately catches one’s eye. Quick impressions are paramount when you are sending spam.
Cultural Change from Them to Us
Can we return to that earlier culture in which the customer was central, and the enterprise served that customer?
Affiliating With the Village Movement
Imagine benefiting from a rapidly growing movement to improve your occupancy and your reputation for resident empowerment.
FORESIGHT RADIO
S8 Episode 6 – The Future of Senior Living Finance
Kristy Ollendorff unpacks the realities behind senior living finance — from underwriting to the growing challenges around Medicaid, staffing, and shifting regulations.
FORESIGHT TV
Building a Data-Driven Future in Senior Living
Steve Moran sits down with Zack Collevechio of Varsity Branding to discuss the tangible impact of AI on the senior living industry.