Align AI with the Age AWARE™ Audit
Expose hidden age bias that erodes value and trust
Activate AWARE™ strategies for competitive advantage
Activate AWARE™ strategies for competitive advantage

The Longevity Economy—the economic contributions of people over 50—is booming. This population holds 80% of U.S. household wealth, generates more than 50% of consumer spending, and is the fastest-growing segment of the labor market. Yet most organizations still overlook this potential source of growth and trust.
Only 10-15% of marketing investment targets this group of 120 million—35% of the population. Meanwhile, 4 in 5 Americans over 50 experience age bias daily, and two in three see age discrimination in the workplace.
The problem is structural. As gerontologist Tracey Gendron notes, ageism is "everywhere and all but invisible."
The Age AWARE™ Audit reveals where and how age bias operates across the enterprise. It's a structured diagnostic that examines practices, strategy, and culture of an organization in five key areas: Accessibility/Design, Workplace, Adaptability, Representation, and Engagement.
Addressing these factors helps organizations:
UNCOVER THE AGEISM HIDING IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
by Matthew Lifschultz
"Being age-aware means probing these five interconnected areas to challenge old biases, uncover new opportunities, and affirm the value of older adults as customers, employees, and stakeholders..."
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Companies can thrive or fail on trust. It drives brand loyalty, employee engagement, and investor confidence. Age bias quietly corrodes trust in ways most leaders never see.
According to the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer, institutions are facing a global "crisis of grievance," losing stakeholder trust by failing to address deeply rooted biases. Age bias is the most overlooked of all.
Age awareness isn’t social advocacy. It’s an essential dimension of trust-building for modern enterprises.
Whether your AI is enterprise or general-purpose, it has been trained on a world that has long undervalued older adults.
Without an audit first, AI does not correct the assumptions it inherits. It scales them, faster than any human process and with the false authority of automation. Trust problems compound.
Trust is built and lost in the functions where AI now operates. The Age AWARE™ Audit identifies where age assumptions sit inside the organization before the systems making decisions on its behalf amplify them.

An age-aware company ensures that its products, services, and spaces — physical and digital — are usable for all ages.
An age-aware company fosters an environment that leverages the strengths of all generations, values experience, spurs innovation across age groups, and supports the evolving needs and aspirations of older workers.
An age-aware company evolves its strategies and practices to align with demographic shifts, anticipating and responding to changes in market dynamics and workforce composition.
An age-aware company portrays the diversity of older adults authentically in all communications, rejecting stereotypes to reflect varied lifestyles, abilities, and contributions.
An age-aware company develops meaningful connections with older populations across business operations, recognizing their multifaceted value as consumers, employees, and stakeholders.
LongVantage™ Advisory can help your organization uncover hidden age bias and tap into the vast potential of the Longevity Economy. Our flagship diagnostic, the Age AWARE™ Audit, is designed to spur growth, trust, and innovation.
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I'm one of the few consulting gerontologists in the U.S. specializing in age bias and business strategy. I offer a distinctive POV on leveraging age inclusion for organizational success.
After a thirty-year career in law, government, politics, and strategic communications, I studied gerontology at the University of Southern California, earning a Master's. (I believe deeply in lifelong learning, and recommend it to everyone.) I then produced and co-edited the book Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry (Springer, 2021), which was ranked "#1 Hot New Release in Geriatrics" on Amazon.
While advising organizations seeking to deepen engagement with the aging population, I saw the need for a systematic framework to optimize strategy. Synthesizing research, practice, and theory, I developed the Age AWARE™ Audit. Today, I'm focused on bringing the audit to organizations interested in capitalizing on the growing Longevity Economy.
I have a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from Fordham University Law School. I also did extensive graduate work in public finance and policy at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service. I'm an avid reader across a wide range of topics, including systems thinking, leadership, design, social psychology, behavioral economics, and cultural anthropology, as well as fiction. Currently, Vaclav Smil is my favorite writer.
We work with select organizations. Contact us to discuss the Age AWARE™ Audit and a longevity strategy engagement.
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