Volatility

"Somehow, one way or the other, you will need to be ready to move on from this day!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Hey, is there anything going on anywhere today? Obsessed with the news? Hitting the refresh button? Reading polls? Remember how I said that uncertainty and volatility

"Disappointment is a necessary exercise designed to strengthen your resilience" - Futurist Jim Carroll There is never any progress without disappointment along the way! You'll never achieve anything if you never encounter a few hurdles in your path. As soon as you get your hopes up,

"Optimistic societies are stable societies" - Futurist Jim Carroll A lot is going on. Next week is a pivotal week as the US chooses if it wants to go forward or back. On the day of the election, I'll be speaking to an audience of senior

"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

"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

"Behind any pattern of brilliance, you might often find a patina of madness" - Futurist Jim Carroll One must wonder if we are now watching, in a very public fashion, a once brilliant iconoclast descend into a very real form of madness. It happened with Vincent van Gogh,