Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #18 Anti-Fragility

If you just "bounce back" to where you were in 2024, you are already behind, because 2026 is wildly different from what 'was two years before. Exponential change does that.

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Creativity

The Secret to Creativity

These are 25 ideas designed to help you build the habits and mindsets necessary to spark new ideas, adapt to change, and turn your unique vision into reality.

Artificial Intelligence

Coding without Knowledge

I've become quite the Python programmer. I know nothing about Python

Artificial Intelligence

I decided to take a look at one month's worth of the tech support requests I've made to Gemini - the full list, WITH MY QUESTIONS, is found below. And it's staggering to think about how much I've come to rely on this tool.

Agility

You Need New Leadership!

Maybe too many organizations have too many people who spend their time asking "Why?" and not enough who ask "Why not?".

Acceleration

Certain Trends are Certain

Maybe I was onto something when I was sharing the Flintstones and Jetsons idea on stage.

Failure

Lemonade

Life is going to throw curveballs at you—that's a guarantee. You'll have big wins and moments that feel like a total letdown. The secret is not to let those letdowns define you.