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 - #22 Boundary Divergence

In a linear world, we had "industries." Banks were banks. Car companies built cars. Hospitals treated patients. Competitors were the people who sold exactly what you sold. In an exponential world, these definitions are disappearing - because the boundaries that define an industry are disappearing.

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The Way Forward

Don't Wait. Do.

Let's take apart the universal forces of disruption that surrounds all nine industries and the common theme across those trends

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Skills Chasm

One group is excited for its potential; the other is fearful.

Success

Commitment!

To win in the race to the future, you need to decide to show up at the starting line.

2025

Corporate Social Irresponsibility

If anything is real in 2025, it is the fact that organizations have mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another - often with a pretty negative intent.

Agility

The Future of Work

As fast-moving trends reshape every industry, a critical blind spot has emerged in today's leadership. Companies know they must upskill their workforce to deal with the trends that define tomorrow, and yet they believe their team is not ready.

Trends

The Way Forward - #9 Automotive and Transportation

Legacy automakers seem to be giving up on the trend to once again concentrate on carbon vehicles, squeezing as much as they can out of a dying platform, while new, aggressive Asian automakers take over a future based on EVs.