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: #17 Unapologetic Uniqueness

In a linear world, fitting in was a survival strategy. You survived by being a cog that fit perfectly into the machine. In an exponential world, conformity is a death sentence.

26 Principles for 2026: #17 Unapologetic Uniqueness

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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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Acceleration

Skills!

Skills!

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

Creativity

The Cognitive Liberator!

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

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

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.

Creativity

Hope and Fear

Hope and Fear

One of the worst things we can ever do in the arc of our trajectory is to never take the first step to try something.

Embracing Mediocrity Book

Book Release!

Book Release!

"One will make you laugh. The other will make you move!"

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