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: #23 Algorithmic Partnership

You need to get beyond the hype and hysteria. The competition isn’t between you and the AI. The competition is between “You + AI” and “You Alone.”

26 Principles for 2026: #23 Algorithmic Partnership

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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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Agility

Signals

Signals

The future is constantly whispering to us. The trick is learning to listen—and then actually doing something about what you hear.

Success

Put in the Work!

Put in the Work!

Success comes from sustained effort, continuous learning, and the courage to take action even when the path isn't clear.

Disruption

CEO's: You suffer from delusions.

CEO's: You suffer from delusions.

Return-to-office mandates are built on a dangerous misassumption: that the best people will simply comply. They won't.

Healthcare

Healthcare: New Futures, New Careers

Healthcare: New Futures, New Careers

"The future of human health is not waiting to be discovered - it is waiting to be built!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Some weeks ago, in my Megatrends series, I wrote about the future of healthcare - in particular, the impact or preventative medicine, predictive medicine, and accelerating

Disruption

Anticipate, Don't Follow.

Anticipate, Don't Follow.

In our high-velocity world, waiting for a trend to become obvious is the same as deciding to come in last place.

30 Megatrends

Megatrend 30 — The Acceleration Paradox

Megatrend 30 — The Acceleration Paradox

We are, as they say, living in the best of times, but doing our best to make it the worst of times!

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