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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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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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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Thursday Thoughts: I Wrote a Book to Escape the Sameness of AI. I Started Writing it Before AI Became THE Thing!

When everyone is empowered with the same magic, is there any magic to be had? That's one of the...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #12: Personalized Medicine – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“Tomorrow’s cure lies not in a universal pill, but within our own genetic code.” -...

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Keynote Case Study: ISACA + IIA GRC Conference — Risk Was Moving at Machine Speed

Jim delivered a closing keynote in San Diego on how AI, autonomous systems and accelerating...

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Wednesday Signals : The Acceleration Gap: Why Risk Now Moves Faster Than Governance Can Keep Up

I’m speaking today at the 2026 Governance, Risk and Control Conference, jointly presented by...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #11: Longevity Science – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“The future is not just extending lifespan, but our healthspan, by treating aging...

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Tuesday: Here’s what burnout looks like, raw, unfiltered.

I burned out. I tried to manage things, and failed. Sobriety cured it. Watch this: that's...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #10: Predictive and Preventative Healthcare – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“The medicine of tomorrow isn’t about the miracle cure; it’s about the predictive insight...

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Monday Mining: What Made You Successful Won’t Anymore — Still True

“What made you successful in the last 10 years will not make you successful in the next 10. Given...

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Megatrends One Year Later – #9: Climate-Positive Technologies – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

“The next generation of infrastructure drives economic growth through purposeful design.” -...

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covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.

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Series: 2026 • Megatrends • Forward • Tomorrow