I Rebuilt My Website in Less Than 72 Hours. Mostly During Nap Time.
How a ski-chalet weekend, three AI collaborators and a determination to escape WordPress turned a decades-old website into something entirely new.
About Jim Carroll · Change
Eight Websites. Thirty-One Years. One Very Persistent Futurist.
From cartoon clip art and a 56K modem to WordPress, EmDash and Astro: the rather remarkable evolution of JimCarroll.com.
About Jim Carroll · Change
Leadership Insight: The Real Danger for Your Right Now Is Making a 2027 Decision With a 2017 Mental Model
Here's what I've come to realize with my last set of keynotes: the next great leadership crisis isn't simply resistance to change. It's the growing inability to…
Change · Disruption & Acceleration
What Goes Into a Highly Customized Keynote? THIS!
As someone who has been a main-stage keynote speaker for 33 years, one of my points of pride has long been the degree of customization that I've put into my work. I've…
About Jim Carroll · Change
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - Future of Manufacturing: "Shift your mindset from why you can't to why you must!"
"Shift your mindset from why you can't to why you must!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It was an honor to present at the recent BIFMA 360 Leadership Conference in St…
AI, Robotics & Automation · Change
Decoding Tomorrow: Mastering 2026 – #26 Escape Mediocrity: "Don't be average. Don’t be boring. Be bold. Be fascinating!"
"Don't be average. Don’t be boring. Be bold. Be fascinating!" - Futurist Jim Carroll 2025 is almost a wrap. And that brings me to 279 days of my Daily Inspiration post…
2026 Principles · Agility
Decoding Tomorrow: Mastering 2026 – #25 Collapse of Time: "The moment between having an idea and executing it is gone"
"The moment between having an idea and executing it is gone" - Futurist Jim Carroll Get ready for the reality that the distance between ‘imagination’ and ‘reality’ is…
2026 Principles · Agility
Decoding Tomorrow: Mastering 2026 - #13 The Wisdom Inversion: "Know when to get your age out of the way."
"Know when to get your age out of the way." - Futurist Jim Carroll We are on Day 13. We just spent Day 12 dismantling your personal hubris - getting your ego out of the…
2026 Principles · Agility
Decoding Tomorrow: Mastering 2026 – #11 "To move fast, you don't need more gas. You need less drag."
"To move fast, you don't need more gas. You need less drag." - Futurist Jim Carroll Get rid of the anchors that are keeping you back. The weights that are holding you…
2026 Principles · Agility
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - "It’s difficult to take on difficult decisions - but it becomes infinitely more difficult if you do not!"
"It’s difficult to take on difficult decisions - but it becomes infinitely more difficult if you do not! - Futurist Jim Carroll Hard decisions get harder when you wait…
Change · Daily Inspiration
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - "Think big enough to dream, start small enough to prove, & move fast enough to win!"
"Think big enough to dream, start small enough to prove, & move fast enough to win!" - Futurist Jim Carroll A variation on my original innovation phrase! Here's why it…
Change · Daily Inspiration
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - "Beyond your fear lies your greatest success"
"Beyond your fear lies your greatest success" - Futurist Jim Carroll First off, let’s start here. A great Hallowe’en picture for our times! Go Jays! A little bit of AI…
Change · Daily Inspiration