In my work I am often called upon to help business leaders and workers distinguish between Information and Knowledge. They want to use the terms interchangeably. Information can sit passively on any storage device. Knowledge requires an active Knower. The Knower - especially in today's world of reduced shelf life of knowledge - must be continually acquiring, sorting, evaluating, integrating, tossing out, and testing. It's the essence of Perpetual Beta in my view.

Certainly this is all alive and well in the world of work-for-pay and leadership. I would argue that it's also highly present in the lives of people in personal/professional transition, especially those between 50 and Elderly. We know lots about early childhood development. We know lots about elderly and decline. With extended life spans, the decline of retirement, significant other social change, and the need for extended financial/health resources to support longer lives of activity and meaning, the Pioneers between 50 and Elderly are going to need the tools and wisdom now being made available to Business Leaders