Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Showing Up

That’s the whole secret, and almost nobody wants to hear it, because it doesn’t sound like magic.

Showing Up

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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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Initiative

Action!

Action!

Stop waiting. Start doing.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Hype

AI Hype

Hype once again gets in the way of reality.

Volatility

Mondays, 2026

Mondays, 2026

Ride the chaos.

Creativity

Direct Connect

Direct Connect

the CEO of a global fast-food giant is literally using his mobile number as a direct, interactive lifeline to crowdsource the company's future.

Agility

Stranger Times

Stranger Times

That's the way I've come to describe a lot of what is going on.

Faster

Shift!

Shift!

Despite all the hype with AI, it's not that specific careers will be dying, but it's certain they will be transforming.

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