Trends

"AI? It’s a creativity steroid!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Smart creative types are quickly learning how to leverage the idea of AI art, and are drinking from a creative firehose. It is simply staggering to see how quickly things are evolving out there. Take the case 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

"Innovation? Fix things faster!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most unappreciated trends of our time but one that has the potential for the most benefit involves what are known as 'application program interfaces,' or API's. Combine that with 'open source software&

"Reality always trumps wishful thinking!" - Futurist Jim Carroll There's a reality gap. A gap between an understanding of how industries are changing, and how people hope it will change. A gap between what it takes to solve deep, complex issues, and how people think they