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Are You Wasting Your Experienced Talent? If you just keep your experienced workers doing the same thing they've been doing, you're wasting the talent and knowledge base they've been developing over those years—and taking a risk they will end up using it for someone else, either now or when they retire. Use them--to train the next generation, to solve the tough problems, to add perspective to development teams. Use the Downturn to Have an Honest Conversation One of the best things to come out of an economic downturn is the time to talk—to your spouse about what both of you want for the future, to your adult kids about how they'd like you to fit in their lives, to your boss, coworkers and advisors about how you might shape your future work to more specifically match how you want to live. So while it's easier to find the time because things are slow, have some honest conversations.