The 26 Principles, Revisited — #1: Temporal Literacy — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
September 22, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
Keynote Case Study: PGA of America: Golf Is Becoming A Technology Business.
September 22, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, I opened the industry’s most prestigious event on a...
Jimism #006: Digital Twin Thinking
September 22, 2026, BY JimCarrollWhat if you could make the mistake before you actually made it? That's increasingly possible. I...
Arriving With Everyone Else Means Arriving Too Late
September 21, 2026, BY JimCarrollThe highway is full because everyone took the obvious route at the obvious time. Being early and...
You Can’t Innovate With a Mediocre Mindset
September 21, 2026, BY JimCarrollSame brain. Different choice. A bigger future. Innovation has never been about talent so much as...
The Future, Sector by Sector — Construction & Infrastructure: The Job Site Just Got a Brain
September 21, 2026, BY JimCarrollNext up in my sector-by-sector tour of where the world is actually headed:...
The 26 Principles, Revisited: A Nine-Month Reality Check
September 21, 2026, BY JimCarrollA companion series to the original 26 Principles of Exponential Growth — checking my own...
Keynote Case Study: Consumer Goods Technology: The Next Consumer Is Mobile, Social And Location-Aware.
September 21, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt the Consumer Goods Technology Leadership Conference in Orlando, I challenged senior CPG...
Jimism #005: Yesterday’s Logic
September 21, 2026, BY JimCarrollOne of the most dangerous things in business is an assumption that used to be correct. That's...
Same Team. Different Tomorrow.
September 18, 2026, BY JimCarrollSame meetings, same people, same stuff, or new ideas, real progress, let's go. The difference is...
Keynote Case Study: T. Rowe Price: Normal Wasn’t Coming Back. Opportunity Was.
September 18, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt the T. Rowe Price Investment Symposium, I shared the closing keynote program with Colin Powell...
Jimism #004: The Acceleration Gap
September 18, 2026, BY JimCarrollChange is no longer the problem. The problem is the growing gap between how fast the world...
Yesterday’s Farm Ran on Daylight. Tomorrow’s Runs on Data.
September 17, 2026, BY JimCarrollI’ve just launched a new home for one of the longest-running threads in my career:...
Keynote Case Study: World Pharma Innovation Congress: Hyper-Science Is Rewriting The Future Of Pharma.
September 17, 2026, BY JimCarrollI opened the World Pharma Innovation Congress in London with a message about rapid scientific...
Jimism #003: The Governance of Speed
September 17, 2026, BY JimCarrollAre we moving fast enough? is now a governance question. For decades, boards were trained to ask...
Keynote Case Study: Genentech: Personalized Medicine Is Moving From Possibility To Platform.
September 16, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, I addressed 550 executives in San Francisco and...
Megatrends One Year Later – #30: The Acceleration Paradox – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 16, 2026, BY JimCarroll“As change accelerates exponentially, our challenge is to steer this incredible power toward...
Jimism #002: The Half-Life of a Skill
September 16, 2026, BY JimCarrollYour expertise now has an expiry date. There was a time when you could learn a profession in...
Where’s the Growth? Right Here.
September 15, 2026, BY JimCarrollThree weeks ago, on August 25, I wrote a lengthy piece about Canada's economic future. My...
Your Inner Oddness Is Not a Flaw. It’s a Superpower.
September 15, 2026, BY JimCarrollAI can write your email. It can draft your strategy deck. It can even mimic your tone of voice,...
Keynote Case Study: DSSI: The Future Of Seniors Care Would Not Look Like The Past.
September 15, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt the DSSI Annual Forum in San Antonio, one of the largest senior care conferences in the U.S., I...
Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 15, 2026, BY JimCarroll“A decade of progress in a year; the humanoid robot era is here, and it’s accelerating with...
Jimism #001: The Attention Recession
September 15, 2026, BY JimCarrollWhen everyone is chasing attention, there is none. We spent years talking about the information...
Keynote Case Study: National Safety Council: 15,000 Safety Professionals. A Warning About Accelerating Risk.
September 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollThe National Safety Council conference is the largest gathering of occupational health and safety...
Megatrends One Year Later – #28: The Chase for Authenticity – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 14, 2026, BY JimCarroll“Celebrate your flaws and highlight your mistakes – because one day soon, they will become...
Introducing “Jimisms”: Ideas for What Comes Next
September 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've accumulated a lot of phrases over the years. Some started on a keynote stage. Some...
Remembering September 11, 2001
September 11, 2026, BY JimCarrollOn September 11, 2001, I was in my home office. I was alerted to the first tower; I saw the second...
I Was Told My AI Risk Keynote Was Too Dark. Then Anthropic Published the Footnotes.
September 11, 2026, BY JimCarrollA few weeks ago, I closed out the 2026 Governance, Risk and Control Conference in San Diego with a...
Megatrends One Year Later – #27: America’s Retreat – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 11, 2026, BY JimCarroll“By abandoning its R&D leadership, the US is ceding the future of global innovation and...
Megatrends One Year Later – #26: The Great R&D Capital Reallocation – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 10, 2026, BY JimCarroll“When capital flows as freely as ideas, the boundaries of innovation dissolve, unleashing a...
Wednesday Signals : Two Things You Should be Worried About – And What it Means for Your Future.
September 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollYour LG TV is doing worse than spying on you. It's listening to you, recording what you say,...
Megatrends One Year Later – #25: Urban Reimagination – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 9, 2026, BY JimCarroll“Beyond smart, we are building living cities: integrated ecosystems designed for a resilient,...
“Staying Neutral in Divisive Times”
September 8, 2026, BY JimCarrollHere's an email I just sent to the 225 bureau agents on my mailing list. It's been an interesting...
Megatrends One Year Later – #24: The Five Generation Society – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 8, 2026, BY JimCarroll“A world of five active generations creates unprecedented opportunities for innovation,...
Megatrends One Year Later – #23: Generational Value Shifts – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 4, 2026, BY JimCarroll“Digital natives aren’t just changing the workplace-they’re accelerating humanity’s...
Megatrends One Year Later – #22: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 3, 2026, BY JimCarroll“The greatest competitive advantage isn’t knowing everything – it’s knowing how to...
Wednesday Signals: 95% Loved It. Why Do the Outliers Still Get Inside My Head?
September 2, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been standing on stages for 33 years, and over that time the reaction to my keynotes has been...
Megatrends One Year Later – #21: Career Obsolescence and Creation – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 2, 2026, BY JimCarroll“As technology redefines work, our most valuable skill becomes our uniquely human ability to...
Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post
September 1, 2026, BY JimCarrollI am trying very hard not to post what I think. I'm mostly successful, but I do slip. So I need...
Megatrends One Year Later – #20: Physical-Digital Retail Integration – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening
September 1, 2026, BY JimCarroll“The future isn’t online or in-store; it’s a personalized, phygital experience where...











































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