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Futurist Jim Carroll

"It’s difficult to take on difficult decisions - but it becomes infinitely more difficult if you do not! - Futurist Jim Carroll

Hard decisions get harder when you wait.

Particularly when uncertainty rules and volatility rages.

Have you noticed the signals coming out that in the US, people aren't thinking that the economy is as rosy as they thought? Strip away the massive AI capital spending, and you've got a dismal picture of layoffs, tariffs, a cutback in spending and investment, and a general malaise. Welcome back, Jimmy Carter!

My wife and I were talking yesterday about this in the context of what we see in the speaking business. Not a day goes by that a speaker bureau owner or agent posts about trends they see in the industry - a slowdown in bookings, client indecision, shortened lead times. Want a good example? Read this post by **Dogan Altindag** Altinda, "The New Urgency": How the Keynote Speaker Market Is Transforming" - it's over on LinkedIn here: linkedin.com/pulse/new-urgency

One of the key findings? What was once 6-12 months is now 1-3 months, with 45% of keynote speakers booked with less than three months' notice, driven by economic caution and volatility.

I'm certainly seeing it - and one of the reasons why is because my topics often take on difficult topics: business model disruption, technological acceleration, the rapid emergence of new competitors, generational change, and more. I'm usually brought in by the CEO or senior executive of an organization to open a corporate offsite meeting or event, to set the stage for the difficult decisions that will be covered in the next day or two.

And quite simply, organizations are not taking on those difficult decisions - they are treading water, waiting and watching, waiting for some sort of major event to set the world on a more even path going forward.

And the fact is, the longer organizations wait, the tougher the future will be to navigate.

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Futurist Jim Carroll believes that indecision is the cardinal sin of failed leadership.

**#Decisions** **#Action** **#Timing** **#Uncertainty** **#Leadership** **#Paralysis** **#Momentum** **#Strategy** **#Adaptation** **#Courage**

jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decodin

TinJar

newyorker.com/news/the-financi

"Dani Rodrik cites the proposal, supported by France and Brazil, for a global tax on the super-wealthy to help finance the green transition, writing, “The logic for such a tax is impeccable.” "

There we go.... easy-peasy. Let's just do it already! Now if only the #billionaires will relinquish their power.

#climatechange #justice #humanrights #adaptation #finance #tax #mitigation #solar #wind #EV #fossilfuels

The New Yorker · Can the Global Economy Be Healed?By John Cassidy
TinJar

ft.com/content/e91391e6-b596-4

If anything folks in #climate have ALWAYS been bloody realistic about what failure to #mitigate would lead to. #Adaptation is terribly hard because #migration is goddamned "unpopular" and giving #aid to the popular is slightly less "unpopular" than that. And no one gives a shit about biodiversity despite #activists fighting for it for decades even before #climatechange

Financial Times · Green activists need to think beyond carbon emissionsBy Gillian Tett
#humanrights#justice
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