🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy!

Trends: What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire?

I pretty much nailed today back in 2017 in my post, "What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire."

TROTW ("The Rest of the World") now has to move to the next step, figuring out what to do as the US becomes an unstable, rogue nation in the next decade.

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I became a granddad yesterday!

I was on the 9th hole when I found out - my wife sent me out of the house to keep busy instead of sitting around waiting.

I have renamed that hole. (-;

Can't wait to play it with him one day!

Gee, thanks!

#Leadership #Innovation #Books #Mediocrity #FutureReady #TeamPerformance #JimCarroll

https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Mediocrity-Nothing-Accomplish-Possible-ebook/dp/B0F91YBG4H/

and

https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Mediocrity-Accelerate-Achieve-Breakthrough-ebook/dp/B0F996W4VD/ (8/8)

newsletter, or wherever you engage with others.

Help me get the word out, because everyone who has looked at the books have found them to be fun, insightful and challenging!

Let’s stop settling.

Let’s start leading.

And let’s have a little fun along the way. (7/8)

They're meant to be read individually, shared with teams, or used to provoke insight in leadership sessions and keynotes.

👉 Get them for free on Kindle – July 28 only.


👉 If they spark something in you, I’d love it if you shared a review, posted about them, or mentioned them in a blog, (6/8)

It’s everything we need when we're ready to reject "good enough" and lean into what’s truly possible.

I wrote them to spark conversations. To challenge thinking. To wake people up. (5/8)

It’s funny, biting, and just a little too familiar. Every one of us will recognize pieces of ourselves, our teams, or our organizations in its pages.

Escaping Mediocrity is the antidote. A powerhouse toolkit of 125 accelerants to fuel ambition, resilience, and breakthrough performance. (4/8)

For one day only – Monday, July 28 – both books are FREE on the Kindle store.

These aren’t your typical leadership or business books. Embracing Mediocrity is a reverse-playbook: 125 devastatingly honest “strategies” for underachievement. (3/8)

That’s exactly what I set out to explore in two sharply contrasting books:

📘 Embracing Mediocrity: How to Do Nothing Notable and Accomplish as Little as Possible

📗 Escaping Mediocrity: How to Accelerate Your Future and Achieve Breakthrough Results! (2/8)

🚨 One-Day Free Book Giveaway – Monday, July 28 🚨

I’ve got a challenge for you.

What if you could recognize every subtle behavior that drags you, your team, or your organization toward the comfort of average... and flip it on its head? (1/8)

Megatrend #21 - Career Obsolescence and Creation: "As technology redefines work, our most valuable skill becomes our uniquely human ability to learn, adapt, and create."- Futurist Jim Carroll

#Workforce #Transformation #AI #Reskilling #Jobs

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Megatrend #20 - Physical-Digital Retail Integration: "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛-𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒; 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑, 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛." - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Phygital #Retail #Experience #Immersive

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Some day my iPad and phone will be mostly free of stuff about the mad man if this era, and I will shout, as many of us will, “Free at last, free at last, thank gawd almighty I am free at last"

Me grabbing the first tee time 7 days in advance for me and my friends.

𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 #19 - Temporal Commerce: "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑." - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Time #Commerce #Frictionless #Anticipatory #Autonomous #Innovation

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My book "Dancing in the Rain: How Bold Leaders Grow Stronger in Stormy Times" is also now available on Barnes & Noble.

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𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 #18 - 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬: "𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛." - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Innovation #Speed #Reinvention #Acceleration #Agility #Disruption

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Megatrend #17 - Micro-Autonomous Systems: "𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝑠𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Tiny robots! Tiny drones! Cue the Star Wars theme music!

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Fore!

Dunno if 'fear' is the word everyone is reaching for.

𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 #13 - 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 & 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡: "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 20𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 21𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦." - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Brain #Neurotechnology #Cognitive #Health #Enhancement #Interfaces

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#MROWGA

Making the Rest of the World Great Again

New field supervisors supervising regular ole MAGA American's who have found new jobs picking lettuce.

MAHA LOL

Megatrend #12 - Personalized, Precision Medicine: "Tomorrow's cure lies not in a universal pill, but within our own genetic code." - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Personalized #Medicine #Genomics #CRISPR #AI #Precision #Healthcare #Genetics #Innovation #Future

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Megatrend #10 — Predictive and Preventative Healthcare:
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑒; 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦.” — Futurist Jim Carroll

#Healthcare #Predictive #AI #Genomics #Wearables

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"Opportunities come not just from turning trash into treasure, but from engineering systems and products to make that a regular reality." - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Circular #Economy #Sustainability #Innovation #Recycling #Design #Waste #Opportunity #Resources #Future

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"The power plant of the future isn't a smokestack. It's all around your home." - Futurist Jim Carroll

The global energy grid is in the midst of its most profound transformation in a century.

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