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title: "Video: “Keep Your Powder Dry – Because the Future is Bigger Than You Think!”"
canonical: https://jimcarroll.com/2019/09/video-keep-your-powder-dry-because-the-future-is-bigger-than-you-think/
updated: 2022-04-01T10:50:06+00:00
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# Video: “Keep Your Powder Dry – Because the Future is Bigger Than You Think!”

Microsoft had me in to open one of their major customer conferences – and so I opened the event with a barnburner of a speech that outlined some of the issues we need to prepare for.  Things like 3d printing human body-parts. Robotics & AI in construction. Cars as upgradeable technology platforms. Plants linked to the Internet! 

The key message? – “*keep your powder dry*” – be ready for any trend when it “explodes and goes supernova!”

Here’s a highlight summary!