Trends

"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

"Be the person that sees the opportunities that others cannot see!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is using his Daily Inspiration blog post – one of which you are reading now – to generate material for a book he has in progress with the working title, “How to

"Chasing success? Be fast, bold, disruptive, focused, certain, flexible, anticipatory, and young at heart!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Two days ago, I found myself in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where I was the closing keynote speaker for the annual meeting of Protein Canada. (The song by the Guess Who might

"If you aren't amazed by all the amazing trends that are unfolding around you, you're watching the wrong future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The future happens fast! The thing about being a futurist is that you know that certain things are inevitable - much

"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