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September 1, 2026

Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

I am trying very hard not to post what I think. I'm mostly successful, but I do slip. So I need a 2026 version of my Social Media Serenity Prayer. Maybe something like…

September 1, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #20: Physical-Digital Retail Integration – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“The future isn’t online or in-store; it’s a personalized, phygital experience where every interaction builds a lasting connection.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago…

Megatrends · Retail & Consumer

August 31, 2026

Monday Musings: The Keynote I Never Gave: Five Perspectives on the Future of the UAE

In September 2024, I received one of the more unusual and intriguing speaking inquiries of my career. It came directly from an advisor in the Office of the UAE’s…

Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Future & Trends

August 31, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #19: Temporal Commerce – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“The future of commerce isn’t about selling products, but selling time. The winners will deliver value before it’s requested.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in…

Megatrends · Retail & Consumer

August 28, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #18: Compressed Innovation Cycles – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“In the era of transient advantage, the only sustainable strategy is the velocity of continuous reinvention.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I…

Megatrends

August 27, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #17: Micro-Autonomous Systems – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“Individually small, collectively revolutionary. Micro-swarms are silently building the intelligent and automated world of tomorrow.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year…

Healthcare & Pharma · Manufacturing & Industrial

August 26, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #16: Material Science Breakthroughs – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“We are moving beyond static objects to a world of living materials that heal, think, and reshape our reality.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I…

Manufacturing & Industrial · Megatrends

August 25, 2026

Why Canada Wins: I Asked “Where’s the Growth?” in 2009. Mark Carney Seems to Have Read the Playbook in 2026 (And my book!)

So, Canada seems to be in a trade war — one it didn’t want, and one that, it would seem, most Americans don’t want either. The Wall Street Journal, no less, has called…

Future & Trends · Megatrends

August 25, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #15: 24-Hour Farming & Agricultural Reinvention – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“We are no longer restricted to only farming when the sun is up – and are witnessing the dawn of the digital harvest.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025…

Agriculture & Food · Megatrends

August 24, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #14: Mass Customization Systems – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“The future isn’t mass-produced; it’s mass-personalized, empowering customers to co-create the products that shape their world.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in…

Manufacturing & Industrial · Megatrends

August 21, 2026

Friday Fun: Reprise - The Encore: Innovation, Disruption, and Spinal Tap Moments (The Update!)

It's 2026, but here's something I wrote in 2013 that I think still stands the test of time! I've added an update at the end to bring it up to date. Enjoy! With all the…

Branding & Marketing · How to be Innovative

August 21, 2026

Megatrends One Year Later – #13: Brain and Cognitive Health – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening

“What we did for heart health in the 20th century, we will be doing for brain health in the 21st.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published…

Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends

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