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# Video: "Things from the Olden Days"
**URL:** https://jimcarroll.com/2013/05/video-things-from-the-olden-days/
Date: 2013-05-23
Author: JimCarroll
Post Type: post
Summary: Many of my keynotes and leadership meetings in dozens of industries and corporate events involve a good, hard look at serious future trends. It’s a lot of work, takes a lot of research, but is a hugely rewarding “job.” And then, every once in a while, something completely different comes along. So it was with […]
Categories: Blog, Change, Gen-Y & Gen-Connect, Surviving the Information Age, Videos
Tags: business, future, future trend, future trends, GE, keynote, Keynotes, Leadership, leadership meetings, many, video, Work
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Many of my keynotes and leadership meetings in dozens of industries and corporate events involve a good, hard look at serious future trends. It's a lot of work, takes a lot of research, but is a hugely rewarding "job."
And then, every once in a while, something completely different comes along. So it was with a major US financial company that was holding the 30th anniversary of their key customer meeting. And since they're somewhat in the IT business, they wanted a keynote that looked back in time, rather than looking forward. Something fun, engaging, and which would help folks have a good laugh at the unique experiences baby boomers have been through over the last 30 years. As it turns out, they found me, through one of the speakers bureaus that represents me.
The results was a rollicking, hilarious 45 minute keynote based on lots of my material from one of by books from the 1990's: [Surviving the Information Age](/books/surviving-the-information-age/), but a lot more material that I've developed and have used on stage over this 20 year career as a speaker.
Here's a great clip -- where I'm talking about how quickly our world is changing, as things that are a part of our lives have become things from the "olden days" -- and it has happened before our very eyes.
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The entire keynote was a blast. I'm going to do a few minor edits and will put the entire thing up online over the next few days. Let's have some fun with it!
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