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Article in Flame Magazine: “Dancing in the Rain: Why 2026 Demands Bold Franchise Leadership”
I just finished writing my fourth article this year for Flame, the magazine of the National Franchisee Association. This one is about why 2026 demands bold franchise leadership: the three forces reshaping franchising, where the growth actually is, and why action is the antidote to anxiety.
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Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration – Global Economy: “Stability. Reliability. Predictability. Clarity. This is now the foundation of the new 21st-century economy.”
“Stability. Reliability. Predictability. Clarity. This is now the foundation of the new 21st-century economy.” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s been fascinating to watch the speed at which a new global economy has been emerging in the last few months the wake of the rapid, destructive actions of the old one. For decades, globalization was built […]
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Decoding Tomorrow: Mastering 2026 – #24 Trust Capital: “In an era of synthetic perfection, your flaws are now the ultimate watermark of your authenticity.”
“In an era of synthetic perfection, your flaws are now the ultimate watermark of your authenticity.“ – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m back! And we’re on Day 24. You have the radar (Day 21) and the Algorithmic Partnership (Day 23). There are only two more posts after. This will get us to our 26 Principles for […]
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Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration – Innovating in Uncertainty: “Every good moment of uncertainty demands the certainty of action!”
“Every good moment of uncertainty demands the certainty of action!” – Futurist Jim Carroll You can pre-order Dancing in the Rain effective today! I’ve got a final, print-ready manuscript in my hands, which needs a final read-through before we commit to it. I’m waiting for my cover guy to finish off the cover. After that, […]
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Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration – “There is no shortage of big opportunities.. There is a shortage of bold leadership!”
“There is no shortage of big opportunities.. There is a shortage of bold leadership!” = Futurist Jim Carroll One of my fellow futurists recently included this line in a post I read – “We should be pulling more photons from the sun.” He wrote it as an observation when he was flying into an American […]
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Daily Inspiration: The Economy and Innovation – “Markets are not trends!”
“Markets are not trends!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Some wild headlines yesterday: In that context, I shared this image with one of my sons yesterday; he’s an investment advisor and works in the wealth management industry. I imagine he will have a busy day with a bunch of scared clients. All of this is to […]
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Daily Inspiration: Retail, Supply Chain, Logistics – “Bring on tomorrow!”
“Bring on tomorrow!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Like the sign says. Bring on tomorrow – because if you don’t, your tomorrow might not work out so well! The photo is from my stage setup yesterday – an exhilarating day in Fort Worth with a keynote for key customers of the rail/intermodal company BNSF. I probably […]
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Daily Inspiration: Economic Outlook – “The US consumer seems to have entered into a state of perpetual economic gloom. Some companies seem all too eager to follow them into the abyss”
“The US consumer seems to have entered into a state of perpetual economic gloom. Some companies seem all too eager to follow them into the abyss” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here we go again! I seem to spend a lot of time talking companies off the ledge, and I might be doing this again next […]
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Daily Inspiration: Volatility & Trends – “You’ll never find your opportunity in the depths of your despair!”
“You’ll never find your opportunity in the depths of your despair!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m down in Silicon Valley in California today, where I’ve got a last-minute film project with Intel and HP on what else – artificial intelligence! More to come on that project in the days to come. But while walking around […]
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Daily Inspiration: Leadership and Growth – “Real leaders don’t try to cost cut their way into the future! (They reinvent!)”
“Real leaders don’t try to cost cut their way into the future! (They reinvent!)” – Futurist Jim Carroll Really? Are we going to do this all over again? My interest was drawn recently to a headline in a newsletter I get from Korn Ferry, with an outlook for 2024. This mindset exists in the context […]
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Daily Inspiration: Transformative Thinking – “If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?”
“If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Every once in a while, a conversation with a client reminds me of the scope fo the transformative change that is in front of us – and that’s odd since I’m in […]
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Daily Inspiration: Industry Transformation – “A bold future abhors a timid mind!”
“A bold future abhors a timid mind!” – Futurist Jim Carroll The old automotive industry is disappearing; a new one is being born. The old world of energy is shrinking; a new one has all the momentum. The old world of healthcare is no longer working; new ideas are flourishing. The old concept of insurance […]
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Daily Inspiration: Economic Growth – “At what point will you realize you’ve wasted time preparing for an economic downturn that never happened?”
“At what point will you realize you’ve wasted time preparing for an economic downturn that never happened?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Have you noticed that the media has now shifted from ‘all-recession all the time’ to ‘oops-we-got-the-recession-prediction-wrong?’ Over on Yahoo News, there was a comment to that effect last March: There’s a recession-industrial complex in […]
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Daily Inspiration: Business Transformation – “At some moment in time, you will come to realize that the future you thought had no longer exists!”
“At some moment in time, you will come to realize that the future you thought had no longer exists!” – Futurist Jim Carroll If you aren’t thinking ‘big’ enough, you future might be what you think it is. At some point in time, if it has not yet happened, you’ll come to realize that the […]
Read MoreLeadership and Volatility: It’s What You Do Right Now That Matters
History teaches us that those who move forward, fast, during periods of relentless uncertainty, are those who win. Futurist Jim Carroll on stage in London, England, with a powerful on leadership and volatility.
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Daily Inspiration: “The future of work? It’s the skills you don’t know about that you need to be planning for!”
“The future of work? It’s the skills you don’t know about that you need to be planning for!” – Futurist Jim Carroll What can the legal cannabis industry teach us about the future? Quite a bit about the future of the workforce and skills. As I will often joke on stage, most major food companies […]
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Daily Inspiration: “If you are letting all this recession talk defer your plans for growth, you’re doing it all wrong!”
“If you are letting all this recession talk defer your plans for growth, you’re doing it all wrong!” – Futurist Jim Carroll History has taught us that those who win during periods of economic uncertainty are those who double down on strategies for growth, accelerate R&D, focus their sales efforts on top customers, and maintain […]
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Video: Achieving Optimism – Learning from the Two Different Types of Farmers!
One of my favorite bits of insight I like to share from the stage concerns the story of the ‘two types of framers.’ Which one are you? Check the list below. And watch this short clip from one of my last in-person keynotes just before Covid. There’s what we might call the stuck-skeptics, who have […]
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Keynote Topics 2023: Growth, Innovation & Creativity, Megatrends, Leadership and Acceleration
I just sent out my February update to all my speaker bureau partners – I’m represented by most of the major ones in the world and opened with this. It’s self-explanatory. Suffice it to say, this is what clients are looking for today! As we head into 2023, it’s pretty apparent there is a lot […]
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Daily Inspiration: “If only the paranoid survive, it’s also true that it’s the chameleons who will thrive!”
“If only the paranoid survive, it’s also true that it’s the chameleons who will thrive!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here’s a story about innovation and adaptability. To be a chameleon – to change with the circumstances, adapt, evolve, and reinvent. Back in 2008, Toshiba Australia invited me to open their annual technology conference in Sydney […]
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The BIG Future: “Regenerative Medicine” and a New Era of Healthcare Science
We might live longer. We will see the reduction, elimination, or perhaps eradication of diseases. We’ll fix broken bones with lab-grown materials. We will grow human organs for transplant. And in that context, we will be doing stuff tomorrow that seems like the science fiction of yesterday – because it is already starting to happen […]
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10 Great Strategies for 2023 – What are the CEOs Thinking About?
I just finished the final post in my series, “23 Trends for 2023.” As I write in the intro: The future is a vast and complex issue, and one that covers so many potential topics. Since I speak in virtually every industry, from agriculture to healthcare, banking to technology, transportation to energy, it’s always been […]
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23 Trends for 2023 : #18 The Battle for Reality
We live in perilous, scary times – there are people around you who actually believe the wild conspiracies found in this image below. (And actually, if you go down the rabbit hole of the creator, you will find a store where you can buy a poster of it – and some equally crazy stuff.) The […]
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