Volatility

"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,

"You’ll never get to your future if you keep trying to get back to your past!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I've had a vague sense of unease for a time that too many industries and the leaders of companies within them are all too eager

"Successful companies got rid of all the bull excrement" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's be real about it. Successful companies have learned a lot about the future - and the fact that it isn't as complicated to get there as they once thought it