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The Future, Sector by Sector — Manufacturing & Industrial: The Factory Learned to Think
Ninth stop: manufacturing.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Manufacturing. AI. Robotics. Digital twins. Mass customization. Advanced materials…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #8: Velocity Alignment — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. The greatest risk today isn't the speed of change: it's your failure to…
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #1: Make Big Bets, Not Small Hedges
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets of…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Insurance: Insurance Stopped Pricing the Past
Eighth stop: insurance.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Insurance. The way I frame this sector: insurance is moving from pricing the past to…
A Brighter Future Starts With Better Habits
Same you. Different habits. A bigger tomorrow. It's a small shift, and it changes everything. Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are companion books built on thirty…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #7: Relentless Reinvention — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Remember – in an exponential world, the static become extinct. Day 7…
The Odd One Out Gets There First
While the crowd debates the safest path, the odd one out is already walking. Being early looks a lot like being strange, right up until it doesn't. It's a central idea in Being…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Healthcare, Medicine & Pharmacy: Sick Care Is Becoming Predictive Care
Seventh stop: healthcare.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Healthcare & Medicine. The line I use to frame this whole sector: we're moving from sick care…
Don't Just Read One. Read the Conversation Between Them.
One warns you. One pushes you. Read them side by side and they start to argue, in the best way. Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are true companion books, built on…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #6: Iterative Obsession — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Make more 'better' mistakes! Day 6 flipped the old ROI math on its…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Food, Grocery & Restaurant: Food Is Fashion Now
Sixth stop: food.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Food. My opening line for this sector says it plainly: food is fashion. Grocery is data. Restaurants…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #5: Knowledge Velocity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Learn faster than knowledge appears. It's your only sustainable…
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