Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Automotive

The Trends Scorecard: Automotive & Transportation

What I Predicted, and What Actually Happened

The Trends Scorecard: Automotive & Transportation

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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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30 Megatrends

Megatrend #27 - America's Retreat

Megatrend #27 - America's Retreat

You can't write about the biggest trends of the coming decade without acknowledging the massive reversal that is the US right now.

Inspiration

Put In The Work!

Put In The Work!

The phrase is a good foundation for the reality of what happens when people try to get to the future without putting in the work, which relates to the core idea of the post I'll share tomorrow.

30 Megatrends

Megatrend #26 - The Great R&D Capital Reallocation

Megatrend #26 - The Great R&D Capital Reallocation

one of the most significant and yet most underappreciated trends of our time has to do with the fact that the very nature of scientific discovery has shifted

Agility

Volatility as the New Normal

Volatility as the New Normal

We're more than halfway through 2025, and it's been a wild year for many. And if one thing is clear, it's pretty clear that nothing is clear.

Dancing in the Rain Book

Getting Out of Your Rut!

Getting Out of Your Rut!

Here are 10 ways to get out of it

Inspiration

The Capacity for Inspiration!

The Capacity for Inspiration!

I was inspired simply by reading my inspiration!

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