Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

The Trends Scorecard: Healthcare - What I Predicted, and What Actually Happened

"The future of human health isn't waiting to be discovered. It's waiting to be implemented." — Futurist Jim Carroll This is my Trends Scorecard series, where I go back into my own archive, dig up the predictions I actually made on stage years ago, and

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Art of the Pivot

Art of the Infinite Pivot #32 - Flawfulness

The flaw is the asset, the scar is the proof, the mistake is what makes the reality real.

Art of the Pivot

Art of the Infinite Pivot #31 - Expertise

It's a paradox, actually. The thing that got you here is the same thing that can make you blind to what's coming next.

Art of the Pivot

Art of the Infinite Pivot #30 - Reality Check

The future will not negotiate with your desires and wants. It doesn't care about your plans, your nostalgia, your investment in who you used to be.

Art of the Pivot

Art of the Infinite Pivot - #29 Saying "NO"

Every yes has a hidden cost — the future opportunity you won't have time for, the rest you won't take, the deeper work you won't do, the family time you won't get back.

Art of the Pivot

The Art of the Infinite Pivot #28 - Being Out of Date

Your gut feels the pivot long before your head admits it.

Art of the Pivot

The Art of the Infinite Pivot #27 - Regular Reinvention

We are conditioned to believe that a career is a ladder—a straight, predictable climb toward a single destination. But if you want to survive an exponential future, you have to realize that a long-term voyage is actually a portfolio of distinct lives.