Inspiration
2,580 posts
Ten years of daily reflections on the future and the choices that meet it.
Discover the archive
Twenty years of ideas. One connected body of work.
5,552 published posts, from 2002 to today. Search every word of them, or explore by industry, theme, series or year.
Four ways in
Inspiration. Disruption. Trends. Creativity.
The four threads that run through everything Jim writes and says on stage. Many posts belong to more than one.
Disruption
683 posts
Acceleration, disruption and what changes next.
Trends
1,107 posts
Megatrends and the trends reshaping every industry.
Creativity
148 posts
Imagination, innovation and the courage to be unique.
Curated collections
The themes Jim keeps coming back to.
Each collection gathers the archive categories for one theme. Counts are live.
2002–2026
Innovation
1,075 posts
2010–2026
Creativity & Imagination
148 posts
2002–2026
Leadership
989 posts
2017–2026
AI, Robotics & Automation
207 posts
2006–2026
Disruption & Acceleration
683 posts
2002–2026
Trends & Megatrends
1,107 posts
2003–2026
Change
339 posts
2003–2026
The Future of Work
190 posts
2008–2026
Resilience & Reinvention
624 posts
2002–2026
Growth & Strategy
487 posts
2026
Being Unique
30 posts
Editorial series
Follow a series from the first post.
Daily Inspiration · 2004–2026
2,580 posts, and counting.
Latest
- 2026Daily Inspiration: "At some moment in time, we transition from the shame of who we once became, into pride for who we have become!" - The Final Daily Inspiration
- 2026Daily Inspiration: "Yesterday's gone. Tomorrow's a mystery. Today's the one that actually shows up - so show up for it!"
- 2026Daily Inspiration: "You never know whose worst day your words will arrive on. Write like it matters!"
- 2026Daily Inspiration: "Success: cumulative small steps tied together - then suddenly, a seismic shift!"
- Decoding Tomorrow2492025–2026 · latest: Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration: "We are rich in AI potential, but still bankrupt in its application."
- Keynote Case Studies2692003–2026 · latest: Keynote Case Study: E-Recruitment Congress: Recruiters Needed To Become Futurists.
- How Innovation Happens272026 · latest: How Innovation Happens — Lesson #27: Critics of Crazy Ideas Are Usually Wrong
- From the Stage272005–2026 · latest: From the Stage: The Recycled Recession Headlines
- Megatrends, One Year Later302026 · latest: Megatrends One Year Later – #30: The Acceleration Paradox – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
- The 26 Principles552025–2026 · latest: The 26 Principles, Revisited — #26: Escape Mediocrity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
- The Trends Scorecard142026 · latest: The Obama Economy, 17 Years Later: The Future Arrived. But Not Quite Where We Expected
- JimIsms112026 · latest: Jimism #010: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast
- The Future, Sector by Sector112026 · latest: The Future, Sector by Sector — Agriculture: Yesterday’s Farm Ran on Daylight, Tomorrow’s Runs on Data
- Screen Thoughts322020–2021 · latest: Screen Thoughts #34: "Fish on the Moon, Compression Algorithm's and a Dog Goes to a Museum"
- 23 Trends for 2023242022–2023 · latest: 23 Trends for 2023 Recap: The Issues That Leadership Teams are Focused on Right Now!
- Insight 2020212020 · latest: Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration #21 – Realize The Future is Bigger Than You Think!
- 19 Trends for 2019212019 · latest: 19 Trends for 2019: A Look Back, And Still Looking Forward
- From the Archives1362002–2024 · latest: Eclipse 2024 - My Moment with 3 Minutes of Totality
- Ask a Futurist92021–2022 · latest: Ask a Futurist - The Future of Transportation ("The Lost Basement Tapes!")
- Videos5462003–2026 · latest: From the Stage: The Recycled Recession Headlines
- Event Highlights4062003–2026 · latest: From the Stage: The Jobs of 2036
By industry
Twenty-one industries, twenty years deep.
Explore the archive for an industry, or go to its destination page for the brief, storyline and engagements.
- Agriculture & Food150 postsIndustry page ↗
- Automotive & Mobility236 postsIndustry page ↗
- Commercial Real Estate53 postsIndustry page ↗
- Construction & Infrastructure119 postsIndustry page ↗
- Consumer Products & CPG148 postsIndustry page ↗
- Education & Workforce88 postsIndustry page ↗
- Energy & Utilities172 postsIndustry page ↗
- Financial Services160 postsIndustry page ↗
- Food & Grocery149 postsIndustry page ↗
- Golf & Recreation82 postsIndustry page ↗
- Government & Public Sector63 postsIndustry page ↗
- Healthcare & Life Sciences248 postsIndustry page ↗
- Hospitality & Tourism272 postsIndustry page ↗
- Insurance & Risk71 postsIndustry page ↗
- Manufacturing & Industrial280 postsIndustry page ↗
- Media & Entertainment155 postsIndustry page ↗
- Professional Services128 postsIndustry page ↗
- Retail152 postsIndustry page ↗
- Technology & AI399 postsIndustry page ↗
- Transportation & Logistics172 postsIndustry page ↗
- Leadership & Disruption989 postsIndustry page ↗
By date
Every year since 2002.
Categories
Start with what matters to you.
110 categories with published posts, each at its original WordPress address.
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By industry
From agriculture to energy, healthcare, insurance and manufacturing.
02
By trend
Megatrends, acceleration, AI and robotics, the future of work.
03
By challenge
Leadership, growth, resilience, risk and how to be innovative.
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By collection
Daily Inspiration, case studies, the Trends Scorecard and recurring series.
Popular topics
Graded in public
The Trends Scorecard: 20+ years of predictions, checked.
In June and July 2026 Jim went back through more than two decades of his keynote predictions, industry by industry, and graded them against what actually happened.
See the scorecards ↗From the archive to your stage
Twenty years of thinking, built for your room.
Every keynote draws on this archive and on fresh research into your industry.