Optimism

"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

"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

"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