Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Acceleration

Intelligently Inactive

I'm a guy who, at my age, is in pretty decent physical shape and always VERY active - and now the most important thing I can do is to be intelligently inactive.

Intelligently Inactive

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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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Personal Growth

Choices

Choices

It's a series of choices.

Disruption

How to Move Forward!

How to Move Forward!

A variation on my original innovation phrase!

Failure

Scary!

Scary!

"Beyond your fear lies your greatest success" - Futurist Jim Carroll First off, let’s start here. A great Hallowe’en picture for our times! Go Jays! A little bit of AI magic with my face - if you study the picture carefully, that's me! Happy

Failure

The Future is Now, Well, Just Weird.

The Future is Now, Well, Just Weird.

I'm back explaining that in our global economy, we now clearly have the Jetsons meeting the Flintstones once again!

Initiative

Future Courage

Future Courage

Far too many people and far too many industries are still stuck in tomorrow's ideas, business models, and ways of thinking. doing things.

Disruption

Speaking Truth

Speaking Truth

I'm constantly reminded that I often share a message that can be distressing, disruptive, and not necessarily the one that people want to hear.

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