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TEDxEastgate Street · 20 September 2026

We need to rebrand ageing

Later Greater Lifeing: The Diamond Decade — a talk from Sarah Taylor Phillips.

The central idea

Longer lives mean more working years, not just more retirement years. The old model, education, then a job, then a career ladder, then retirement, was built for a shorter life. It does not fit the one most of us are now living.

Ageing is not a decline to manage. It is a privilege denied to previous generations, and a stretch of working life organisations and individuals are only just learning how to use.

The themes

What the talk covers

Longer lives

More working years, not just more retirement years.

Ageing as a privilege

A privilege denied to previous generations.

Fifty to sixty-year working lives

Careers now span twice as many decades.

Job boxes vs. work that needs doing

Start with the work, not the job title.

Intergenerational talent

Different generations, combined capability.

Workships

Nineteen alternative ways to contribute.

Human plus AI

What should technology do, and what should people do?

Different ways to contribute

Beyond a single, permanent job.

Get your tickets

TEDxEastgate Street, 20 September 2026.

The talk

Watch: We need to rebrand ageing

The talk is recorded on 20 September 2026. The recording will appear here once TEDx publishes it.

Watched the talk? Where next?

Three ways to carry on the conversation

For organisations

Rethink your workforce, talent and how work gets done.

For individuals

Navigate your own work or career transition.

For ideas and inspiration

Continue the conversation about work, age, longer lives and possibility.