Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

A Voice in the Storm

"You don't find your voice in the calm. You find it in the storm!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Part 3 of my short 6-part series revisiting my archives. Writing my newest book meant rereading years of my own morning posts - and some of them took

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26 Principles for 2026 - #24 Trust Capital

Share your flaws. Highlight your failures. Document your mistakes. Admit you are human!

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A spinal injury.

Normally, at this time of year, I would be busy on a ski hill, seeking the joy that comes from the exuberance of the carve. I’m not.

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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.”

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26 Principles for 2026 - #22 Boundary Divergence

In a linear world, we had "industries." Banks were banks. Car companies built cars. Hospitals treated patients. Competitors were the people who sold exactly what you sold. In an exponential world, these definitions are disappearing - because the boundaries that define an industry are disappearing.

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26 Principles for 2026: #21 Signal Intelligence

Not only is there too much information, but much of it is crap. And pretty soon, most of it is going to be crap.

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Fast Partners

In 2026 and beyond, the sophisticated reach of a networked organization is not enough. It's no longer about the reach of the skills network, but also the speed with which they operate.