Optimism

"Nothing tightens the purse like uncertainty!" - Futurist Jim Carroll As the saying goes, 'We're not in Kansas anymore.' But it certainly feels like it's the fall of 2008! Time to roll out some older brochure copy! What's up? This

"Urgency demands optimism" - Futurist Jim Carroll Five years ago, just about this time, millions of people found that they suddenly had to reinvent their future, due to rapidly emerging, unforeseen circumstances. One hundred years from now, those weeks and that year will be viewed as a pretty

"Every single opportunity is always within the margin of possibility!" - Futurist Jim Carroll When the World Bank invited me to keynote on the future of manufacturing, they made one thing crystal clear: they wanted me to flip the script - paint a picture of opportunity, not disruption.

"Uncomfortably numb?  Dazed and confused? Is this real life or fantasy?  You want to be sedated? Hello, darkness my old friend? Welcome to the jungle. Because volatility seems to be the new normal." - Futurist Jim Carroll Fun fact - I was a roadie for KISS for a

"Whatever it takes. That has to be your mindset." - Futurist Jim Carroll Many people seem to be engineered to give up too easily. Pack it in. Move on before the hard work. Never give what it takes. Abandon the effort. Never do what it takes. The question

"Your biggest opportunity right now is to keep moving forward while others are going backward!" - Futurist Jim Carroll There's a pretty big divide between forward thinkers vs. backward movers. We are living through the era of a shift from progressive trends to regressive attitudes. On