"Never hide your hidden talents!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
I find innovation and creativity stories everywhere I look! (And I'm playing with my creativity - today's image was generated on MidJourney, and is used in my newest book, just released!)
Consider the piano intro for Free Bird, the anthemic song by the rock band Lynrd Skynrd.
I recently watched the documentary Muscle Shoals - it's the story about a small little community in Alabama that hosted two of the world's most iconic music studios, where a group of remarkable session musicians provided the foundation for a huge number of hit songs, and where a good swathe of rock royalty recorded their work. If you haven't seen it, I'd highly recommend it.
At one moment, it's telling the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the recording of the famous song - it seems as with all things, the band was struggling with piecing the song together. And yet, when they returned from lunch one day, they found one of their roadies noodling away on the studio piano, playing the part that would become the iconic opening to the song.
Their roadie!
The documentary goes on to note that few people realized that while he was responsible for moving crates and carrying equipment, he also had a hidden skill. "He was a concert pianist, and nobody knew about it," noted one of the members of the band. Watch this short clip - and in particular, at 1:31, where they tell the story of the discovery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg3fGhxytVk
Billy went on to become a full member of the band, touring with them for many years, and playing with them even beyond the plane crash that saw the loss of key members in the early years.
That got my creativity juices thinking: how many people around us have skills of which we are not aware? What hidden talents exist on our team that could bring us magic - that we have no clue about? What capabilities already exist in our orbit while we are busy searching for those very same skills?
Not only that: how many of us hold back from telling others of some of the unique skills that we might possess? What hidden talents are we holding back? We might not think they are important - but they could be revolutionary!
This got me thinking - many people might hold back from sharing their full range of skills. They might be able to do something unique that can help our team move forward, but they might be too shy, don't think the skills are relevant, or simply never think to tell us. The result is missed opportunities and discoveries.
For me, unique skills and talents are often the hidden key to innovation.
How often do we not learn about them until we discover that the next wave of innovation comes from unexpected sources?
The future belongs to those who dare to reveal their hidden capabilities.
**#Talent** **#Innovation** **#Discovery** **#Creativity** **#Skills** **#Potential** **#Growth** **#Opportunity** **#Success** **#Unique**
Daily Inspiration: "Follow the science" - Futurist Jim Carroll
If anything will keep me rooted in reality and on the side of optimism in 2025 it will be by continuing to follow the science.
This is in a society in which it seems an incredible number of people continue to reject the reality of both the fact of science itself and the acceleration that is occurring, which is, by and large, improving their lives. Odd.
Consider these observations from a recent keynote. The cost of sequencing the human genome has gone from about $100 million in 2011 to $200 or less today. The cost of 3D printing from about $50 per cm2 in 2010 to less than fifty cents today. Battery storage technology has gone from $1,100 per kWh to less than $100 today.
While it's difficult to state the absolute accuracy of numbers such as this because things are moving so fast, the fact is that similar trends abound.
(lots and lots of stats in the post)
I could go on, but you get the point.
We live in the era of the acceleration of science, a relentless pace, constantly accelerating even faster. The impact is far-reaching impacts in every single human endeavor. It leads us to fantastic discoveries such as lab-grown human blood for transfusions and surgeries; automated medical and pharmaceutical research laborites; self-healing concrete that is safer and longer lasting 3d printed human organs for transplants; synthetic bacteria used for new materials science; the medical discovery that involves major discoveries every 48 hours; and other fascinating new developments.
Science is at the heart of every single discovery, every significant invention, every massive disruption, and every profound transformation.
We'll spend much of 2025 with a ridiculous theatrical experience unfolding that involves grandiose showmanship by those eager to take out their anger and frustration on the very scientists who are leading to a better future.
How do we get through it all? In my case, I'll continue to track the trends that will define our future by following the reality of science.
It's where I discover my optimism, reinforce my hope, and continue to discover my exhilaration with tomorrow.
#Science #Innovation #Technology #AI #Progress #Future #Discovery #Research #Acceleration #Evolution
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2024/11/daily-inspiration-25-things-for-2025-2-follow-the-science/
Two things seem true.
1. There will never be a trial, of any sort.
2. There won't be a legal system after it consumes itself preparing for trials that will never happen, because it's failed efforts to try to lead to trial will lead to its very destruction in January 2025.
This is weird. It seems to be running - I can access it through Elk and Ivory after moving to 4.2.0.
But trying to get through via the Web interface gives me the pissed-off elephant.
I might need to roll back to my server level backup and try again.
nostr:npub1pvxnvzjj7szqrn038s73wxt6g2gr2p8wrrv2j8rr70yv4tks2dasyt7t3d What the *heck* is he aiming at? I mean, tall concrete poles? But the screen shot is hilarious!
Daily Inspiration: "It's pretty certain that your shortsighted decisions will give you long-term complications!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
"We don't need to do it right now."
That's one of the most common responses when I poll an audience as to the innovation excesses that hold back their organization from pursuing the future.
The most dangerous moment for any organization is when it lets a short-term focus cause it to lose sight of the necessity for long-term change and investment. And right now, as everyone everywhere seems to be in a frozen state of indecision, it's those who dare to step away from the pack and make big, bold moves to align to tomorrow who will be the ones who will win.
Change is inevitable - your indecisiveness need not be.
"We don't need to do it right now." If not now, when? What happens here? There's a stunning lack of urgency, a sense of complacency, a mindset of meandering forward. The result is a regular stream of missed opportunities, failed initiatives, and eventually, failed strategies.
You can't play the long game with short-term myopia.
Daily Inspiration: "You don't need a motivational speaker. You just need a motivational future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
When people ask me what I do for a living, I will often offer up that I'm a speaker - after all, sometimes it's hard to explain what a 'futurist' does. The question inevitably comes back, "Oh, are you a motivational speaker?" To which I respond, "Not really." This leads to a rather quizzical look.
Am I a motivational speaker? Not at all, I guess. I will note that I think I can be pretty inspirational and motivational on stage. I have never quite understood why people need a 'motivational' speaker. Isn't knowing about the wonders of tomorrow good enough to get you going?
Ah, motivational speakers. it's certainly a world very different from what I do.
Have I told you about the office of Tony Robbins? They reached out to me. Tony, of course, is the most motivational of all the motivational speakers out there. His team asked if I might fly to Miami to participate in one of his 'Power Within' events.
Sure, I wrote back in an email; here's my fee. They never responded. I took a look at the Website for the event and saw that he was charging about $10,000 for people to attend. He's probably pretty motivated with fees like that, particularly if he can get others to help him out in some sort of motivational serfdom.
I wasn't very motivated to help him earn that $10,000 by working for free, LOL.
Daily Inspiration: "The future belongs to those who dare to go there!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Farmers and growers are some of the most innovative people I know. In this photo, I'm on stage for the Northwest Farm Credit Services annual conference in Spokane, Washington, speaking to that reality.
I don't say that in a condescending way - I have it on film.
That's why it's fun to announce that in the last week, I've had two confirmations for upcoming keynotes in two locations - the island of Kauai in Hawaii for the Western Growers Association in November, and the Manitoba Ag Days event in Brandon, Canada in January.
When it comes to the future, farmers and growers are of a mindset who 'dare to go there.' Think about it - their future is always uncertain in terms of results - the path to go there and the results that might be obtained are often unclear. This group of people is regularly buffeted by the ups and downs of the agricultural cycle, the vagaries of weather, the unreliability of commodity markets, disease, and drought, and relentless geopolitical uncertainty. Essentially, the farmer and grower take a massive leap of faith every day - they stick something in the ground and hope that the science of nature works for them, not against them. But they 'dare to go there' because their hope comes from adapting to a continuous flood of new science, methodologies, treatments, technologies, and inputs.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-ai-in-agriculture-the-future-belongs-to-those-who-dare-to-go-there/
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