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

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🇨🇦A Canadian! Speaks worldwide on trends, disruption, & innovation - NASA, Disney, Pfizer, World Bank, RCMP. Online since ‘82, author, radio host, columnist, tech geek. FDesperately trying not to post things I should not. Failing! https://jimcarroll.social

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Nov 21

Bluesky right now is like when you go to a cool reunion and all these people you liked from the past suddenly start coming in the door, and you keep saying hi to everyone with a big grin and goofy smile on your face.

(The image came from feeding this post to MidJourney. I don't drink though.)

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · 10h

That moment you speak up, admitting in public that you fucked up bigly with all your previous rulings.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · 19d

If anyone thinks the Supremes are going to say NO to Chicago, you'd better get off your hope horse now.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Sep 29

Soybeans.

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Daily Inspiration: Global Trade – “Broken trust? Broken futures.”

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Sep 19

@daringfireball.bsky.social

Sending thoughts your way and that in time, everything works out.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Sep 18

NYTimes, 1939.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Sep 18

CNN is now doing comedy, since we all know the Supreme Court doesn't care about precedent anymore, and the money is in the bank.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Sep 1

Future tune, apropos of nothing in particular.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Sep 1

I see Jake Tapper is working hard on this story.

Oh, wait....

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 28

MDGA!!!

Seems the US is hellbent on making deadly disease great again.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 26

When the hard core alcoholism finally catches up to you

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 19

"By the time a trend is obvious, the opportunity has already passed. That's why winners don't follow trends - they anticipate them!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

#Trends #Anticipation #Innovation #Future #Leadership #Strategy #Disruption #Opportunity

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 18

I mean, I'm just living for every post from the press office. Troll level is pure Spinal Tap, it goes to 11.

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 15

What type of sub was it?

Also, can it be a menu item? Like, with a special name and all?

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 14

Canada has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

#closetheairspace

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 13

Megatrend #30 - The Acceleration Paradox: "As change accelerates exponentially, our challenge is to steer this incredible power toward a more humane and hopeful future, rather than increasing the destructive impacts we've seen so far!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 11

In 2017, I made 10 predictions about the decline of the US.

Turns out, I was right on 9 out of 10 of them. I might still be proven right on the 10th.

Read my original post, and read the 2025 rankings.

It's pretty sad!

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What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire – Part 2 (“Revisiting my 2017 Predictions”)

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 11

The Chase for Authenticity: "Celebrate your flaws and highlight your mistakes - because one day soon, they will become your key currency for success!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Aug 5

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

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 29

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!

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 29

Gee, thanks!

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 27

#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)

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 27

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)

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🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 27

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)

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 27

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)

🇨🇦 Futurist Jim Carroll. Speaker, Author, Columnist, Nice Guy! @jimcarroll.com · Jul 27

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)