Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Opting Out

What we know from previous downturns is this: those who chose to opt out experienced growth during the downturn that others did not see.

Opting Out
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The Crisis of Grievance

The Crisis of Grievance

"Lost trust? A lost future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about trust - or rather, the lack of it. Somewhere along the way, I came across the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 - it's worth a look. The fact is, it's

Make More Moments That Matter

Make More Moments That Matter

"Intentional kindness: humanity's superpower" - Futurist Jim Carroll, with a shoutout to Drew Sullivan, APB Speakers The image in today's Inspiration features my good friend Michael Simon; the phrase, "intentional kindness," comes from one of my speaker bureau agents, Drew Sullivan. One

Hope.

Hope.

"There is no greater act of optimism than thinking beyond the ‘now’" - Futurist Jim Carroll When people are struggling and in difficulty, it's important to try to instill some sense of hope, a belief that things can get better and that there is a way

The Science of Regret

The Science of Regret

"Remorse we can feel. Regret is what we live. But consequence is what lingers" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about the science of regret. I mean, why not? It seems like a timely topic. And I've most recently covered The Science of Stupidity

Seven Stages of Economic Grief

Seven Stages of Economic Grief

"World-class innovators should always remember that short term volatility need not define long term success" - Futurist Jim Carroll The most powerful thing I've ever seen is when the CEO of the global food services powerhouse Compass Group went on stage just before I did, in

Visionless

Visionless

"Some people are so caught up in the blindness of their ideology that they have lost their ability to see" - Futurist Jim Carroll (Note: I've started two new websites in the last few days, all while pounding out hundreds of meters downhill at my ski

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