Neil Howe Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000

Too many leaders treat generational talk as HR noise or media shorthand — and miss the long wave forces reshaping markets, institutions, and public mood. This talk reframes generations as structural signals: patterns of behavior, risk tolerance, and civic energy that recur across American history and predict turning points in politics, business, and culture. Neil Howe — co‑author and co‑formulator of the Strauss–Howe generational theory — lays out how the four archetypes and the four “turnings” recur across centuries and what those cycles are telling us now. Drawing on decades of research and his recent book The Fourth Turning Is Here, Howe shows how to move from slogans about Millennials and Gen Z to disciplined reading of cohort-driven social momentum and its practical implications for strategy, talent, and reputation. PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE: • Building multi‑generational leadership teams that must align competing norms around work, risk, and purpose without alienating key cohorts • Responsible for medium‑term strategy and scenario planning and need demographic signals to stress‑test assumptions about demand and regulation • Designing products, brands, or public programs that must resonate across distinct generational values and life‑stage incentives • Leading institutions that may face reputational or governance stress as generational power shifts accelerate YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH: • A practical framework for decoding generational mood and forecasting social turning points using Strauss–Howe concepts • Tactical guidance for workforce policies, marketing positioning, and leadership messaging tailored to cohort lifecycles • Scenario templates that align HR, product, and public affairs plans with probable demographic and cultural inflection points • A clearer sense of timing and leverage: when to defend incumbency, when to adapt, and when to lead a change of course Leaders who learn to read generational signals can stop reacting to headlines and start shaping the long arc of outcomes.

Crises are not random — they arrive in cycles with predictable social and institutional behaviors. This talk confronts the uncomfortable possibility that we are in a Fourth Turning: a crisis era that demands different leadership, different investments, and different political and fiscal trade‑offs. In The Fourth Turning Is Here, Neil Howe revisits the original thesis he developed with William Strauss and applies it to today’s convergence of fiscal stress, geopolitical friction, and cultural polarization. He explains what characterizes a Fourth Turning, how prior crises produced institutional renewal, and what patterns leaders should watch for to separate temporary disruption from epochal change. PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE: • Preparing boards, executives, or public officials for heightened systemic risk and the kinds of stress that require bold decision cycles • Institutional planners in finance, insurance, and government who must price long‑duration risk across demographic and political scenarios • Civic leaders and policy teams who need to design resilient institutions and social contracts that can withstand crisis-era pressure • Senior communicators responsible for framing decisions and maintaining legitimacy when institutions are under severe strain YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH: • A clear checklist of crisis signals that distinguish a Fourth Turning from ordinary volatility • Strategic priorities for resource allocation, governance, and coalition‑building during extended crisis windows • Guidance on timing — when to consolidate, when to reform, and how to marshal generational energies for reconstruction • Concrete examples from past Fourth Turnings that reveal playbooks for durable institutional renewal When a Fourth Turning is underway, the right choices today determine who leads — and which institutions survive — the next era.

Macro narratives like ‘secular stagnation’ or ‘demographic decline’ are often debated in the abstract — but demographic shifts have specific, measurable effects on labor supply, consumption patterns, housing, and public finance. This keynote turns demographic data into decision‑grade intelligence for executives and investors. Neil Howe combines his background in history, economics, and demography to map how aging populations, changing birthrates, and migration flows interact with public debt dynamics and market returns. He draws on his work with Hedgeye Risk Management and LifeCourse Associates to translate long‑term demographic trends into near‑term investment and policy considerations. PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE: • Institutional investors, pension managers, and asset allocators seeking demographic lenses to stress‑test portfolios over decades • Corporate strategists and product leaders who need to anticipate shifts in demand driven by changing age structures and household formation • Public finance officials and think tanks responsible for entitlement design, labor policy, and migration strategy under fiscal pressure • Real‑estate and consumer teams trying to align supply chains and product roadmaps with evolving household and workforce demographics YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH: • Actionable demographic indicators to incorporate into forecasting models for demand, labor costs, and fiscal exposures • Scenario analyses linking aging, migration, and fertility trends to market sectors and asset classes most likely to outperform or underperform • Policy levers and corporate responses that mitigate demographic risk while capturing new opportunities from shifting population composition • A prioritized set of strategic moves — from workforce planning to capital allocation — matched to specific demographic trajectories Organizations that plan with demographic intelligence can reduce surprise, allocate capital more precisely, and capture the next wave of durable returns.