Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Agility

Volatility as the New Normal

We're more than halfway through 2025, and it's been a wild year for many. And if one thing is clear, it's pretty clear that nothing is clear.

Volatility as the New Normal

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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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Reinvention

Reinvention

"It's never too late to become the person you've always wanted to be!"

Mistakes

Mistakes

"It's the unacknowledged mistakes of yesterday that become the barriers to moving forward today!"

Whiners

Whiners

"The things you complain about too much are probably the very things you need to fix!"

Negativity Barriers

Negativity Barriers

"It's not just the journey. it's the negativity barriers you'll break along the way that count!"

Surprise

Surprise

"Sudden surprise, stunned shock, bolts from the blue: these are the leading indicators of leadership failure!"

Unexistence

Unexistence

"What you need to be thinking about right now are the things you haven't thought about yet!"

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