Timing

"Align to reality. Ignore the hype!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, “25 Things I’ve Learned That Will Carry Me Into 2025.” He is putting this together based on his 30-year career as a futurist, trends, and innovation expert, advising leaders of

"Contradictory uncertainty is your new normal!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's a balancing act -  trying to figure out tomorrow! After all, to study the future today is to try to understand a story of contradictions. Case in point from two posts that I saw back-to-back

"Sometimes the trends you think you need to be thinking about aren’t the ones you should be thinking about!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Today I'm in Scottsdale, Arizona, and in a few hours, I'll be the opening keynote speaker for XSpecs 2024. What

"Every single trend is both an existential threat and a transformative opportunity at the same moment in time!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The buzz is that everyone is going to lose their job. After all, that's what the media is telling everyone with breathless coverage such

"It's not just about the trends. It's the speed at which they are happening" - Futurist Jim Carroll For some reason or other, I've had a significant number of event inquiries from the Middle East, in particular, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. These

"Recognize that every major trend first involves huge short-term risk but is often eventually followed by a massive upside!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most important things to realize about any future trend is that it can be pretty difficult to achieve any opportunity from it