Original 2021 statement: Most regulatory bodies will continue to act slowly in a fast-paced world - and the disconnect of today will have bigger implications tomorrow
What Jim has written about this
From “Video : Understanding the Impact of the Acceleration Gap!” (May 2021)
History tells us that every global crisis shifts the axis of the future of our universe, and every crisis offers an opportunity to improve. In the harsh reality of our post-pandemic world, leadership strategies that worked yesterday are exposed as being irrelevant tomorrow even while they are being actively considered today.
The challenges exist in stark terms. Medical knowledge is now doubling every 78 days, compared to 8 years a decade ago, rendering irrelevant previous healthcare industry strategies. We’ve gone from a world of just-in-time to just-in-case supply chain concepts because of a world of broken globalization and sudden volatility. 68% percent of organizations have said that the global pandemic has forced them to adapt and change their business models - what was disruptive before is even more so today. Old methods of public relations fail faster in an era in which a Tik-Tok teenager with an effective message can change the entire course of human history. Regulatory bodies can barely keep up with the pace of fast science, as seen with the disconnect between the fast arrival of Covid-19 vaccines. An electrical grid infrastructure designed for the era of carbon vehicles is clearly unable to support today’s rush to battery-focused electric vehicles. These are but a few examples of how the ‘acceleration gap’ is affecting every aspect of our world today.
In this keynote, Futurist Jim Carroll provides you detailed, customized insight on the trends that matter as we go forward into a world driven by uncertainty, impacted by potential relentless volatility, and unrelenting waves of massive opportunity - and a stagey for mastering the acceleration disconnect. For over 25 years, Jim Carroll has provided senior-level leadership insight on how to become a future-ready organization. With clients such as NASA, Disney, Pfizer, Microsoft, Chrysler, the World Government Summit, Godiva, and Nestle, he has a proven track record of aligning organizations to a fast-moving future.
From “Daily Inspiration: “You need to bridge the ‘acceleration gap’ - the disconnect between the velocity of change and your ability to keep up!”” (April 2021)
The expansion of the gap exists in pretty stark terms. Medical knowledge is now doubling every 78 days, compared to 8 years pre-pandemic, rendering irrelevant previous healthcare industry strategies. We’ve gone from a world of just-in-time to just-in-case supply chain concepts because of a world of broken globalization. 68% percent of organizations have said that global pandemic has forced them to adapt and change their business models - what was disruptive before is even more so today.
The gap is growing, and the challenge is that society and organizations are not prepared to deal with the massive disconnect this presents - they are structured for slow in an era of fast That’s the ‘ACCELERATION GAP’ - it’s real, and it’s’ growing. And it’s going to hurt you going forward unless you work to minimize it. Because otherwise, leadership strategies that worked yesterday are exposed as being irrelevant tomorrow even while they are actively considered today.
What worked yesterday will not work tomorrow, and you are on a guaranteed path to failure if you don’t align with our new reality- by mastering the disconnect between speed and structure. The pandemic has changed everything, and future-oriented leadership is more important than ever before.
From “Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”” (January 2023)
Much like you might have a domain name or email address today, tomorrow you’ll have your very own light spectrum on the infinite fiber-optic Internet, which will be reserved solely for your encrypted use on global optical networks
Many of the trucks in the industrialized world today will be driven by virtual drivers on the other side of the world tomorrow
The world of science will have taken us from 19 million known chemical substances today to 5 billion by 2100 - and this will lead to the birth of countless new billion-dollar industries
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
Video : Understanding the Impact of the Acceleration Gap!
Daily Inspiration: “You need to bridge the ‘acceleration gap’ - the disconnect between the velocity of change and your ability to keep up!”
Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”