Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

2026

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.

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2025

The Way Forward

I am launching a new series, The Way Forward: A Trends and Transformation Series. Think of it as the user manual for this new operating system—a detailed, actionable roadmap for what key industries must do to navigate the chaos and own their future.

Creativity

The Secret to Creativity

These are 25 ideas designed to help you build the habits and mindsets necessary to spark new ideas, adapt to change, and turn your unique vision into reality.

Artificial Intelligence

Coding without Knowledge

I've become quite the Python programmer. I know nothing about Python

Artificial Intelligence

Augmented Knowledge

I decided to take a look at one month's worth of the tech support requests I've made to Gemini - the full list, WITH MY QUESTIONS, is found below. And it's staggering to think about how much I've come to rely on this tool.

Agility