Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

Thoughts, stories and ideas about tomorrow from Futurist Jim Carroll. Sent each workday since August 2016.

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26 Principles for 2026: #12 Strategic Humility

To really get ahead in 2026, you need to understand the trap of hubris and why your past success can be your biggest future liability.

26 Principles for 2026: #12 Strategic Humility

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Success

Momentum

Momentum

"Your moment is right now. Are you ready?"

Creativity

Waste More Time!

Waste More Time!

"Invest in your creative capital. You'll see a return on your imagination!"

Big Future

The Reality of Trends

The Reality of Trends

"One person's skepticism is another person's gold!"

Exponential change

Exponential Change

Exponential Change

"Are you ready for the inconceivable to become conceivable?"

Artificial Intelligence

Bend Your Mind

Bend Your Mind

Make your imagination matter more."

Artificial Intelligence

AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

"A strategy based on hype isn't a strategy. It's a tombstone for cash"

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Denial.

Denial.

"Pretending that a problem doesn't exist is not a solution to the problem!"

Initiative

Decision indecision.

Decision indecision.

"If you can't make a simple decision you'll never master a complex future!"

Science Fiction Fact.

Science Fiction Fact.

"The Future is Closer Than You Think!"

Leadership

Forward Oriented Leadership

Forward Oriented Leadership

"Opportunities only exist if you can see them!"

Repeatable Bad Habits

Repeatable Bad Habits

"'I'm going to do it anyway' is usually not a good setup for success!"

AI and the Big Data: "Life in the 21st century is all about learning how to trust the algorithm!"

AI and the Big Data: "Life in the 21st century is all about learning how to trust the algorithm!"

We are surrounded by machines that are making decisions on our behalf; bits of silicon processing information, determining some state of action based upon some pre-defined set of rules; gates of logic that determine how to proceed based on some virtual interpretation of the reality in which we live. We

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