Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

2026

Why Canada Wins: I Asked “Where’s the Growth?” in 2009.

Mark Carney Seems to Have Read the Playbook in 2026 (And my book!)

Why Canada Wins: I Asked “Where’s the Growth?” in 2009.

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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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Artificial Intelligence

The End of Search.

The End of Search.

"Bots: 492. Humans: 1." - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about the elephant in the room - the fact that the Web, as we know it, is coming to an end, and that search, which so many have relied on for their business, is dying. AI

Being Unique

Letting it Go.

Letting it Go.

Succeeding at things not only means having the initiative to get things started, but the willingness to walk away from your first attempt.

Being Unique

Patience.

Patience.

"You can't move a clock faster than it goes!"

Innovation

Why?

Why?

Why do we still do it this way?

Failure

Science & Wing-Nuts

Science & Wing-Nuts

I get sad thinking about it.

Failure

Not Ready.

Not Ready.

One thing about the idea of innovation is that it's easy to spot when the setup isn't right for it to happen!

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