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“You can’t do extraordinary things with an ordinary mindset!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s back to work! This is what I was doing most of the time! And I seem to have had quite the time of it! 402.45km of downhill time, for 40,810m, with a total of 30.56 hours of actual time. Whoah! I’m […]
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“Sometimes you need not be right you just need to be bold!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Welcome to 2025! Back in 2014, I wrote a series of predictions about 2025 – in a document titled, of all things, ‘25 Trends for 2025‘. (Intuitive!) At the time I wrote it, most of the news media were […]
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“Never hesitate to put curiosity into overdrive” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, “25 Things I’ve Learned That Will Carry Me Into 2025.” He is putting this together based on his 30-year career as a futurist, trends, and innovation expert, advising leaders of some of the world’s most prestigious organizations […]
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“Invincibility is a myth” – Futurist Jim Carroll A belief in invincibility is often the start of defeat. And in all truth, once you start to think you are invincible – you probably aren’t! You might think that you are on top of the world; that nothing bad can happen; that everything will be perfect; […]
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“Believe that you can so that you know you will do!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great has ever been achieved through inaction! That’s the thought that came to my mind while out for my afternoon walk yesterday, and spotted someone wearing this shirt. “She believed that she could, so she did.” I’m a sucker […]
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“Are you big on buzzwords and short on substance?” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m preparing for an upcoming keynote later in November for an organization that just booked me, and asked them to share a bit of insight with me as to their current strategies, structure and innovation mindset. It was a bit interesting to […]
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“Do things!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Never fall into the trap of saying “I could have done that” – because that means you live a life in which you never try! (This was the first version, significantly shortened!) Instead, be a person who does things! Who thinks about things, and then sets off to do […]
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“See differently and you’ll innovate brilliantly!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Most people see a ketchup bottle. Creative people see trends & innovation! Last week, I spoke at the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis; my topic was the impact and opportunity of artificial intelligence technologies in the manufacturing industry. As is usually the […]
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“‘Your time is gonna’ come’ need not be your epitaph!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Innovate or die. It’s that simple. Here’s a simple list of companies that were once great successes. Then they weren’t: Blockbuster. Borders. Lehman Bros. Kodak. Circuit City. RadioShack. Pan-Am. Enron. E.F. Hutton.RCA. Tower Records. Polaroid. Woolworths. Compaq. Arthur Anderson. The list could go […]
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“Thinking of innovation? Invest in an experience factory!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I wasted quite a bit of time yesterday. It was great. What was I doing? I’m trying to figure out how to move my various Websites and servers from a Runcloud setup over to CloudPanel since the latter is a pretty good tool […]
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“While you might never open many closed minds, make sure to never close your open mind!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A closed mind is a dangerous thing. There’s a lot of them about. And the fact is, many innovation efforts fail because of all the closed minds that surround any new initiative. It’s often said […]
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“It’s not just about the trends. It’s the speed at which they are happening” – Futurist Jim Carroll For some reason or other, I’ve had a significant number of event inquiries from the Middle East, in particular, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. These are very short-term inquiries – in most cases just a few weeks, and in […]
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“Be the spark that ignites the flame of change!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Most people have a problem. In fact, most people know that they aren’t quite ready for all the change that they are faced with in their future, yet know that everything they are involved with – their business model, skills, product or […]
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Don’t be afraid to be known as the ‘crazy one!’ – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is using his Daily Inspiration blog post – one of which you are reading now – to generate material for a book he has in progress with the working title, “How to be Unique (And Why it Will […]
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“Find out what makes you different. Do more of it!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Today’s Inspiration is directly from the very opening moment of the book I’ve been trying to write. I’ll be getting more into those issues from the opening and subsequent chapters – already written – as we go. But while thinking about […]
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“It’s not the hot trends that matter, it’s the transformative ones!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Have you ever come to realize that it’s usually while you are watching the really hot trend, the really important trend you aren’t watching is unfolding at speed? That’s certainly been the case with AI – while everyone has been […]
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A video clip where I’m on stage in Dublin, speaking for KPMG Ireland, on the impact of the “AI Megatrends” on the future of healthcare. AI is bigger than large language models – and this clip puts into perspective the disruptive impact of AI on healthcare, medical, and pharmaceutical trials.
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“Spend too much time chasing perfection and you’ll never invest enough time to learn from your failures!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Since it’s summertime, a few golf stories are creeping into my Daily – because many lessons about leadership, innovation, and creativity can come from playing the game. Yesterday, while out for a round early […]
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“Your biggest mistake is believing that you don’t need to do it right now” – Futurist Jim Carroll What does it mean if you have a great idea, and your superior blows it off by saying “we don’t need to do that right now.” It means you are in pretty big trouble. Why does this […]
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“Make your team work!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Much of my work around trends and tomorrow involves the skills of the team that will help take you there. Many organizations have a big problem in this context. They don’t have the right type of people who will open up opportunities, chase big ideas, and implement […]
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“Never underimagine tomorrow! Over-imaginate it!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Creativity based upon unlocking your imagination is the key to unlocking tomorrow. We don’t do enough of it. We should. Which starts with inventing new words! But you should also have a deep understanding of the link between creativity and success – and with that in […]
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“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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“Any dilemma is just an opportunity waiting to be solved!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Organizations and the people that lead them become stuck because they aren’t sure how to solve the problems that they face. In the meantime, those who realize that those problems or dilemmas are really just opportunities in disguise and charge ahead. […]
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“There will always be someone with a better idea!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Never rest on your laurels. Never become complacent. Never presume that your idea is the best idea, the only idea, the greatest idea. Because there is always another better one! People who spend time with me come to realize that at any […]
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