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: #5 Knowledge Velocity

If you are relying on what you already know, i.e, with your past degree, your decade of experience, to carry you through 2026, you are driving on fumes. Your battery is empty, your mind is out of gas, and you'll soon hit the limit of where you can go.

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Acceleration

Stretch Goals in Healthcare

We stand at a precipice of transformation so profound that it redefines what's possible for human health and longevity

Embracing Mediocrity Book

Eradicating Mediocrity

How do you eradicate mediocrity? I came to realize that it involves coming to accept some ground truths about your situation and your reality

Acceleration

Skills!

Every day, I'm spending time learning to do new things with all the tools at my disposal

Creativity

The Cognitive Liberator!

“Yesterday’s logic won’t spark tomorrow’s ideas!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about why many innovation efforts fail. It's often because people keep on doing the same old thing, following the same old ideas, chasing the same old goal that is now

Acceleration

7 Megatrend Categories

You can't let uncertainty cause you to lose sight of all the trends, and hence, all the opportunities that surround you.

Golf

Growing the Game

If you golf, you know instantly when you hit a great tee shot. And as a speaker, you know instantly when one moment has suddenly changed some lives and an industry. As a golfer and speaker, I've had both moments.