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"Turn your fear into fuel" - Futurist Jim Carroll This photo was taken in October 2019. I'm in the room with a farming community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It's about as conservative as you can get. They're worried. Farming is evolving too

"Lost trust? A lost future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about trust - or rather, the lack of it. Somewhere along the way, I came across the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 - it's worth a look. The fact is, it's

"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

"Imagine a crazy idea. Now imagine it's real. That's your future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll  In a few hours, I'll be speaking at the annual event for Texas Farm Credit Bank. In the room? A few hundred folks are on the various

"Many people bought a car. Not an ideology." - Futurist Jim Carroll It's an "interesting" time to own a Tesla. That's probably an understatement. I've said before that it is becoming increasingly difficult to be someone who speaks and writes

"New risk demands new thinking. Uninsurable risk demands bold thinking." - Futurist Jim Carroll In just about a month, I'll head to California to headline a major insurance conference. The fact that I'm speaking in a region that is home to one of the