"The ability to imagine the future is a gift. The tenacity to make it become real is a skill." -...

Busted supply chains. Challenged logistics. Fast-changing business models. More demanding...

"Nothing changes if you don't care to change it:~ so maybe you should be doing something you care...

"Visionaries. They're the ones that tune out those who complain about everything but actually have...

Each year, the PGA of America - the longest-serving professional sports organization in the world -...

"Grant me the maturity to understand the things I should not post, the insight to share the things...

I hesitate to use the phrase 'post-pandemic' because we really don't know when that actual trend...

Here's a big issue to wrap your head around - increasingly, your opportunity for future success...

"Never give up - because you know your success is built upon a foundation of the ongoing...

5 1/2 years ago today, I began to define myself by my optimism, rather than destroy myself through...

"Today could be the very day you actually start to become the person you always wanted to be!" -...

“Timing the future: Reality always moves slower than facts, and expectations are almost always...

“Some people say that the next generation of technology promises to unleash a wave of innovation...

"You can continue to seek insight from the usual suspects. But you'll find real inspiration by...

"Some people get by. Innovative people get further!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's quite true....

The folks at UPM - a global leader within the wood and lumber industry - interviewed me for an...

"People fear what they don't understand. Make it your job to provide them the courage of insight!"...

"If you don't set your own plan for the future, someone else will!" - Futurist Jim...

In 2003, SAP had me in for a keynote on innovation; I was transitioning from being a...

"Learn more stuff. Empty minds bring empty results!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of my...

"It is better to believe in a dream based on hope than to be discouraged by a nightmare that is...

Many people have a belief system that has them convinced that the world of tomorrow will look...

"Go on. Admit it. It’s only a dumb idea when you don’t understand it!" - Futurist Jim...

Since August 2016, due to a variety of complex personal situations, I began blogging my "Daily...

"It's not the trend that matters - it's what you do with it that counts!" - Futurist Jim...

One of my favorite bits of insight I like to share from the stage concerns the story of the 'two...

"Innovators: They don’t just refuse to take the road less traveled - they forge a path that...

Your business will never be the same! Not your business model, structure, skills base, or any...

"Be A 'Positivity Influencer!' Don't oppose everything - propose new things!" - Futurist Jim...

"Sometimes, it's not until you are broken that you will discover what you are made of!" - Futurist...

"Life is simple. It’s the decisions you have to make along the way that is tough!" - Futurist Jim...

"Imagination: It's a window into the opportunities to be pursued when you accelerate your...

Here's a little bit of fun - I decided to do an interview with one of the most optimistic people I...

Clearly the rate of change – whether with business models, product life-cycles, skills and...

"There are things all around us that we will never see, because we never take the time to see...

"Conventional wisdom demands that you do the unconventional!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's...

"Your plan for your future needs to be something much more than ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!" - Futurist Jim...

"Optimism: It's that thing we do so that our hopes for our future outweigh our fears!" - Futurist...

I close out this year noting that I have put together 266 of these Daily Inspiration posts,...

"Define the next year by the things you will do, not by the things you will avoid!" - Futurist Jim...