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The 26 Principles, Revisited — #1: Temporal Literacy — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening

Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...

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Keynote Case Study: PGA of America: Golf Is Becoming A Technology Business.

At the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, I opened the industry’s most prestigious event on a...

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Jimism #006: Digital Twin Thinking

What if you could make the mistake before you actually made it? That's increasingly possible. I...

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Arriving With Everyone Else Means Arriving Too Late

The highway is full because everyone took the obvious route at the obvious time. Being early and...

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You Can’t Innovate With a Mediocre Mindset

Same brain. Different choice. A bigger future. Innovation has never been about talent so much as...

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The Future, Sector by Sector — Construction & Infrastructure: The Job Site Just Got a Brain

Next up in my sector-by-sector tour of where the world is actually headed:...

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The 26 Principles, Revisited: A Nine-Month Reality Check

A companion series to the original 26 Principles of Exponential Growth — checking my own...

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Keynote Case Study: Consumer Goods Technology: The Next Consumer Is Mobile, Social And Location-Aware.

At the Consumer Goods Technology Leadership Conference in Orlando, I challenged senior CPG...

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Jimism #005: Yesterday’s Logic

One of the most dangerous things in business is an assumption that used to be correct. That's...

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Same Team. Different Tomorrow.

Same meetings, same people, same stuff, or new ideas, real progress, let's go. The difference is...

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Keynote Case Study: T. Rowe Price: Normal Wasn’t Coming Back. Opportunity Was.

At the T. Rowe Price Investment Symposium, I shared the closing keynote program with Colin Powell...

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Jimism #004: The Acceleration Gap

Change is no longer the problem. The problem is the growing gap between how fast the world...

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Yesterday’s Farm Ran on Daylight. Tomorrow’s Runs on Data.

I’ve just launched a new home for one of the longest-running threads in my career:...

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Keynote Case Study: World Pharma Innovation Congress: Hyper-Science Is Rewriting The Future Of Pharma.

I opened the World Pharma Innovation Congress in London with a message about rapid scientific...

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Jimism #003: The Governance of Speed

Are we moving fast enough? is now a governance question. For decades, boards were trained to ask...

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Keynote Case Study: Genentech: Personalized Medicine Is Moving From Possibility To Platform.

At Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, I addressed 550 executives in San Francisco and...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #30: The Acceleration Paradox – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“As change accelerates exponentially, our challenge is to steer this incredible power toward...

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Jimism #002: The Half-Life of a Skill

Your expertise now has an expiry date. There was a time when you could learn a profession in...

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Where’s the Growth? Right Here.

Three weeks ago, on August 25, I wrote a lengthy piece about Canada's economic future. My...

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Your Inner Oddness Is Not a Flaw. It’s a Superpower.

AI can write your email. It can draft your strategy deck. It can even mimic your tone of voice,...

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Keynote Case Study: DSSI: The Future Of Seniors Care Would Not Look Like The Past.

At the DSSI Annual Forum in San Antonio, one of the largest senior care conferences in the U.S., I...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“A decade of progress in a year; the humanoid robot era is here, and it’s accelerating with...

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Jimism #001: The Attention Recession

When everyone is chasing attention, there is none. We spent years talking about the information...

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Keynote Case Study: National Safety Council: 15,000 Safety Professionals. A Warning About Accelerating Risk.

The National Safety Council conference is the largest gathering of occupational health and safety...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #28: The Chase for Authenticity – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“Celebrate your flaws and highlight your mistakes – because one day soon, they will become...

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Introducing “Jimisms”: Ideas for What Comes Next

I've accumulated a lot of phrases over the years. Some started on a keynote stage. Some...

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Remembering September 11, 2001

On September 11, 2001, I was in my home office. I was alerted to the first tower; I saw the second...

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I Was Told My AI Risk Keynote Was Too Dark. Then Anthropic Published the Footnotes.

A few weeks ago, I closed out the 2026 Governance, Risk and Control Conference in San Diego with a...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #27: America’s Retreat – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“By abandoning its R&D leadership, the US is ceding the future of global innovation and...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #26: The Great R&D Capital Reallocation – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“When capital flows as freely as ideas, the boundaries of innovation dissolve, unleashing a...

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Wednesday Signals : Two Things You Should be Worried About – And What it Means for Your Future.

Your LG TV is doing worse than spying on you.  It's listening to you, recording what you say,...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #25: Urban Reimagination – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“Beyond smart, we are building living cities: integrated ecosystems designed for a resilient,...

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“Staying Neutral in Divisive Times”

Here's an email I just sent to the 225 bureau agents on my mailing list. It's been an interesting...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #24: The Five Generation Society – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“A world of five active generations creates unprecedented opportunities for innovation,...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #23: Generational Value Shifts – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“Digital natives aren’t just changing the workplace-they’re accelerating humanity’s...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #22: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“The greatest competitive advantage isn’t knowing everything – it’s knowing how to...

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Wednesday Signals: 95% Loved It. Why Do the Outliers Still Get Inside My Head?

I've been standing on stages for 33 years, and over that time the reaction to my keynotes has been...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #21: Career Obsolescence and Creation – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“As technology redefines work, our most valuable skill becomes our uniquely human ability to...

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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...

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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...

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