Futurist Jim Carroll has quickly become recognized as your ‘go-to source’ for effective insight on what comes next, the strategies that you consider, and the leadership path you need to follow.
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Energy in our electrical system used to be one-way and was mostly from carbon. We are now on the edge of an era in which generation is primarily based on renewables, is distributed, connected, intelligent, and part of a super big hyperconnected microgrid with a lot of batteries. Intelligent, connected smart energy takes us into a world in which our […]
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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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“Think BIG. Your future will thank you for it.” – Futurist Jim Carroll In times of volatility, people tend to become pessimistic about what’s next. But, the future doesn’t care – it marches on. The result is that we tend to see short-term trends but miss out on big long-term ones. We lose faith in […]
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Futurist Jim Carroll and Stand Up Drummer Tom Morley couldn’t be more different, and yet, they’re both the same! Jim has advised organizations like NASA and Disney on future trends; Tom was the drummer for the 80s’ bad Scritti Politti, and has done session work for the likes of the late David Bowie. Together, their […]
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I’ve been doing some cleanup of things and realized that this video I filmed out in San Francisco years ago still has an important message. I’m finding that it’s the CEOs of organizations that this message resonates with – they’re looking for detailed insight into their issues that can be delivered at an offsite event. […]
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Next month will mark 3 years since individuals and organizations began to go through the largest disruption they will ever know. With lockdowns, a staggering loss of human life, work-from-home, and the rapid emergence of a digital lifestyle and e-commerce infrastructure – we all had to learn to adapt quickly. As I close out this […]
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2023: Not hot: cryptocurrency, the Metaverse, Web 3.0, NFT’s, and more Hot: Fusion! AI! Generative technologies. The issues of the future always revolve around the hype of what’s hot, what’s not, what to expect – with little regard for the practicality of the trend or the timing by which the future might unfold. Fusion? There […]
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The youngest generation now entering the full-time workforce was born right after 9/11. They were six or seven years old during the global financial meltdown and recession of 2007-08. They’ve now lived through the global pandemic. And they’ve had a cellphone – most likely an iPhone – since they were ten years old, with social […]
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They’re everywhere! Little robots scurrying about, doing the jobs that humans don’t want to do! Despite the widespread techno-skepticism which I identified in Trend #1 – Technoskpeticism and Retiming the Future, it’s pretty clear that many technologies are having their moment. Robotics is clearly one of the most relevant, which is why it’s trend #20 of my […]
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This a message I just put out to my many speaker bureau partners worldwide. Futurists. Think of us as a tour guide to an increasingly complex, extremely fast future! That was the key message that this particular client wanted me to deliver – emphasizing it with a stage backdrop! And that’s what I do – and given […]
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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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Part of the art of figuring out the future is knowing this – you’ll often find the real trend by looking beyond the hype to what’s actually happening! The hype? Virtual headset virtual reality, best epitomized by the bold but somewhat doomed bet by Mark Zuckerberg with his Meta initiative. The reality? The return of […]
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Globalization as we know it is over -and with that, one of the most basic assumptions which have driven the post-World War 2 economy has come to an end. That’s why trend #16 of my “23 Trends for 2023” is The Great Decoupling – what happens as the assumptions behind the success of globalization are […]
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Folks don’t want to talk about the pandemic anymore, but we should, for despite all the awful things that happened, and the massive divisions it has caused in society, one thing is clear: the way that organizations organize, learners learn, science sciences, and experts’ expertise, has forever changed. We learned a tremendous number of lessons […]
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If what you sell, who you sell it to, how you sell it, and essentially, what it actually is – you’ve got to change things. If who you are, how you learn, what you know, and what you need to know, you need to reinvent. That means you need to reimagine your future – because […]
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We all know the phrase – insanity is doing the same thing and over again and expecting a different result each time. It doesn’t happen. Neither does the mindset of clinging to old business models, out-of-date product ideas, irrelevant concepts, and reliance on yesterday’s strategy. In the context of that, it also includes the end […]
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Sometimes it does seem like the world has gone mad – extremely divisive politics, a rise in hate crimes, absolute emotional terrorism on social networks, attacks on public institutions, and increasing violence. Everyone has a feeling that things are getting out of hand. That’s why trend #12 on my “23 Trends for 2023” is the […]
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There can’t be a bigger story in tech this year – other than the self-inflicted destruction of many aspects of the tech sector through hubris, arrogance, and fraud – than what has happened with AI. That’s why trend #11 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023‘ series is The Massive Velocity of A.I And it truly […]
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We need to plan faster with bigger goals in mind – but we’ve been distracted. After all, we’ve been in triage mode with our organization in dealing with the pandemic, supply chain challenges, a volatile economy, and workforce issues. That’s why trend #10 of my “23 Trends for 2023” has to do with the idea of […]
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Most companies are on a path trying to get key employees back to the office. Return to work is the beating drum. The problem is that many of those key employees – highly skilled, in huge demand – have tasted freedom, and don’t want to go back. And in the context of trend #8 – […]
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It used to be about what you know. Now it’s not only about what you know, but how fast you need to know it! And that’s why “Knowledge velocity” is trend #8 of my “23 Trends for 2023.” And indeed, the acceleration of knowledge will continue to be one of the most defining trends that […]
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The pace of new ideas, innovations, concepts, scientific discoveries, and product breakthroughs is occurring at such a pace that the need to align to a world of tomorrow is even more necessary today. Because trend #7 of my “23 Trends for 2023” is “Crazy Ideas Go Mainstream.” It’s your job to ingest these crazy ideas, […]
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There might be a recession in 2023. Or, maybe not! But whatever happens, it’s pretty certain that an increasing number of CEOs are deciding that they choose not to take part. They’ll opt out. That’s trend #6 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023′ series. To opt-out is to choose not to participate in something. Right now, […]
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Trend #5 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023” – Transformation, Not Innovation! And my advice is simple: What Is It? We are living in a period of time that is seeing massive transformation occurring within every single industry. Entire industries are being turned upside down, the fundamentals are changing, and in 10 years, they won’t […]
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