Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

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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Megatrend #18 - Compressed Innovation Cycles

Megatrend #18 - Compressed Innovation Cycles

The ability to continuously reinvent your value proposition is no longer optional; it is survival.

Megatrend #17 — Micro-Autonomous Systems

Megatrend #17 — Micro-Autonomous Systems

What's it all about? Tiny robots and drones operating in coordinated swarms, creating intelligent solutions to complex problems

Megatrend #16 — New Materials Science

Megatrend #16 — New Materials Science

We are experiencing unprecedented innovation in physical materials, everything from self-healing surfaces to programmable matter.

Megatrend #15–24 Hour Farming and the Reinvention of Agriculture

Megatrend #15–24 Hour Farming and the Reinvention of Agriculture

When a strawberry's taste profile can be programmed and replicated in Dubai to be identical to one grown in Japan, it transitions from a unique agricultural good to a high-tech, replicable commodity.

Megatrend #14 - Mass Customization Systems

Megatrend #14 - Mass Customization Systems

Mass customization is not the result of a single breakthrough but rather the convergence of a suite of advanced technologies.

Megatrend #13 — Brain & Cognitive Health

Megatrend #13 — Brain & Cognitive Health

We may live longer and healthier, but our minds might not be.

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