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10 Great Words for 2025

Unleash, Master, Connect, Ignite, Translate, Pursue, Launch, Confront, Overcome, Ignore.

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Publish Date	2025-01-02
Updated Date	2026-09-18
Maturity	proven

Unleash, Master, Connect, Ignite, Translate, Pursue, Launch, Confront, Overcome, Ignore.

Jim Carroll’s annual 10 Great Words framework for 2025. 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
Domains Energy & Environment

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Industries Technology & Telecom
Industries Workforce & Professional Services
Industries Education & Learning

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Sources Daily Inspiration: 10 Great Words for 2025: "Unleash. Master. Connect. Ignite. Translate. Pursue. Launch. Confront. Overcome. Ignore!"

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IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesEducation & LearningThe central challenge in education is no longer access to knowledge. It is learning at the speed at which knowledge changes.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.DomainsEnergy & EnvironmentElectrification, storage, renewables, grid reinvention and technologies reshaping the economics of energy and climate response.

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ARTICLE · Wed Jan 01Daily Inspiration: 10 Great Words for 2025: "Unleash. Master. Connect. Ignite. Translate. Pursue. Launch. Confront. Overcome. Ignore!"