Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

My Dad - a 16 Year Old Soldier in WW2

Not only that, he downgraded his rank voluntarily while in Italy so that he could be a motorcycle patrol scout on the front lines.

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Creativity

Lost In Your Head

It's OK to stare blankly out the window.

2025

On Confidence

A recent survey of 250 CEOs and board members revealed a stunning lack of confidence among corporate leaders regarding their ability to manage simultaneous, massive global disruptions.

The Way Forward

Don't Wait. Do.

Let's take apart the universal forces of disruption that surrounds all nine industries and the common theme across those trends

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Skills Chasm

One group is excited for its potential; the other is fearful.

Success

Commitment!

To win in the race to the future, you need to decide to show up at the starting line.

2025

Corporate Social Irresponsibility

If anything is real in 2025, it is the fact that organizations have mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another - often with a pretty negative intent.