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10 Great Words for 2006

Adapt, Flex, Experience, Create, Focus, Partner, Shift, Imagine, Start, Enjoy.

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Publish Date	2005-12-23
Updated Date	2026-09-18
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Adapt, Flex, Experience, Create, Focus, Partner, Shift, Imagine, Start, Enjoy.

Jim Carroll’s annual 10 Great Words framework for 2006. The series uses a concise vocabulary to frame the mindset, habits and actions needed to engage with change, innovation and the future.

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Domains Connectivity & Digital Experience
Domains Society, Skills & Work

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Industries Education & Learning
Industries Economic Development
Industries Workforce & Professional Services

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IndustriesEducation & LearningThe central challenge in education is no longer access to knowledge. It is learning at the speed at which knowledge changes.IndustriesEconomic DevelopmentRegions increasingly compete on speed: the ability to align talent, infrastructure, energy, research and capital with industries that are themselves being reinvented.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.DomainsConnectivity & Digital ExperiencePervasive connectivity, immersive interfaces and the blending of physical and digital experiences.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.

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