Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Inspiration

Sobriety

This is the last Daily Inspiration. There will be much more inspiration to come.

Sobriety

Featured stories

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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2026

26 Principles for 2026: #23 Algorithmic Partnership

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.”

2026

26 Principles for 2026 - #22 Boundary Divergence

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.

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #21 Signal Intelligence

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.

2026

Fast Partners

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.

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #19 Optionality Architecture

26 Principles for 2026: #19 Optionality Architecture

Instead of building a plan, build a series of pivots, so that you are ready for whatever the hell happens!

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #18 Anti-Fragility

26 Principles for 2026: #18 Anti-Fragility

If you just "bounce back" to where you were in 2024, you are already behind, because 2026 is wildly different from what 'was two years before. Exponential change does that.

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