Trends

"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

''Old ways of doing new things? Often it’s only the young who can shake it off" - Futurist Jim Carroll (I saw what you did, said Swifties!) Everyone hated Zoom - until they didn't anymore. We spent so much time in Zoom rooms during

"You should be building your tomorrow. Today." - Futurist Jim Carroll The future of construction seems to be a bit of a theme this fall. One of the events I've got coming up is a talk in Arizona for an event put on by Chain Store

"The new art of foolproofing now involves proofing yourself against an increasing number of fools!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Gosh, it's just weird out there, isn't it? Remember this post a few months ago? "When the future becomes a culture war, watch the

"Markets are not trends!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Some wild headlines yesterday: In that context, I shared this image with one of my sons yesterday; he's an investment advisor and works in the wealth management industry. I imagine he will have a busy day with a

"Move forward. Not back." - Futurist Jim Carroll This particular moment in time in the news cycle - with a LOT of change occurring in the last two weeks - crystallizes much of what I have experienced from the stage in the last decade. With that being the