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Episode 03: Reshaping Retirement
Episode 03 features Simon Chan (MBA'01), Founder and CEO, Adapt with Intent Inc. and current WLU Board Chair.
Brewing ideas on how longer life spans affect contemporary career paths, Dean Kyle Murray welcomes Simon Chan to explore how retirement is no longer a final phase of one's life, but rather a new opportunity to stay engaged in society and the workforce.
Kyle and Simon discuss the need to educate people and modernize organizations for this paradigm shift, flipping the script on the retirement narrative, how future technologies may support this growing change, and what universities and business schools can do to help reshape retirement.
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About Simon Chan
Simon Chan is the Founder and CEO of Adapt with Intent Inc., a strategic advisory firm that helps organizations unlock opportunities for innovation and growth at the intersection of longevity, work, higher education, and retirement. Simon works with senior leadership teams to develop strategies that enhance workforce resilience, drive growth, and build longevity-ready systems for the era of 100-year lives.Simon’s insights are powered by his global network. As a global ambassador and community manager with the Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL), he mobilizes the ambassador network to turn longevity research into actionable innovation. Simon co-chairs The Nexel Collaborative, working with Harvard, UChicago, and Notre Dame to pioneer midlife transition programs. He also serves on the Advisory Board for Yale’s Experienced Leaders Initiative and is a Senior Fellow at CoGenerate, advancing intergenerational collaboration in higher education.
With nearly 20 years of executive experience in corporate innovation, strategy, and talent management, Simon has advised Fortune 500 companies on navigating demographic shifts and driving growth. He has held senior roles at Manulife Financial and led future of work initiatives at Communitech, impacting 1,600+ companies. His work has been published in Forbes and pension industry publications, and Simon is a columnist for Advisor.ca on longevity, retirement, and workforce evolution.
Simon holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, where he serves as Chair of the Board of Governors and is a member of the Lazaridis School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, Simon enjoys coaching basketball, reading, and cycling along Ontario’s scenic trails.