Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

26 Principles for 2026: #5 Knowledge Velocity

If you are relying on what you already know, i.e, with your past degree, your decade of experience, to carry you through 2026, you are driving on fumes. Your battery is empty, your mind is out of gas, and you'll soon hit the limit of where you can go.

26 Principles for 2026: #5 Knowledge Velocity
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AI & Leadership

AI & Leadership

"You don't need to know how AI works. You need to know about its impact and opportunities!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I'm down in Fort Worth, Texas this morning; after lunch, I'll speak to several hundred retail and supply chain executives about

Stop Whining

Stop Whining

"No one cares about your complaints. They only care about your ideas" - Futurist Jim Carroll No one likes the whiner, the chronic complainer, the person who just drones on with how unhappy they are. It's tiresome, annoying, and downright disturbing. That should be pretty obvious,

The Perfect Golf Ball

The Perfect Golf Ball

"Chase bold goals: It’s not too late to try to invent the perfect GPS-based golf ball!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I'm off to watch the Canadian Open today - it's just about a 45-minute drive from my home. One of the cool things

Predicaments and Quandaries

Predicaments and Quandaries

"Any dilemma is just an opportunity waiting to be solved!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Organizations and the people that lead them become stuck because they aren't sure how to solve the problems that they face. In the meantime, those who realize that those problems or dilemmas

Mindset Matters

Mindset Matters

"The only enemy of success is a mindset that accepts settling for less than you're capable of!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I never thought I'd have the career I have, but once I realized I could have it, I went after it, hard. I

The Stick Shift

The Stick Shift

"You can't keep using old methods to deal with new realities" - Futurist Jim Carroll Are you driving with a stick shift in the era of video game controllers? If so, ask yourself this question - how many of your actions are based on ideas and

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