Original 2021 statement: Many crypto-currencies will become viewed much like tobacco, due to their destructive environmental impact
What Jim has written about this
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
From “Daily Inspiration: “The first step is to accept your future. The second is to do what’s necessary to get there!”” (April 2023)
Sometimes leadership negligence about the future bleeds into something much worse. I asked Bing’s GPT chat about his, and it came back with an interesting list: Oil companies : Many oil companies have been accused of spreading doubt and disinformation about climate change, despite knowing the scientific evidence of their contribution to global warming. For example, ExxonMobil was sued by Minnesota’s Attorney General for launching a “campaign of deception”. The CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP America recently testified before a House committee and denied lying to the public about climate change.
This begs the question - in the face of accelerating climate change, is it time to place legacy auto in the same category of wilful, destructive denial as oil and tobacco? Maybe not, because if anything has become apparent in the last year, most (if not all) have come to accept the inevitability of their future. The era of gas and diesel vehicles is over - in less than ten years, the vast bulk of global transportation production will be of electric vehicles. it’s a seismic shift and it’s unfolding right now.
What can we learn from this? No matter who you are and what you do, your tomorrow will not be like today. Acceptance of your future is the first step in dealing with that change. But actually taking the steps to get there is often the hardest part - and becomes much more difficult the more you try to delay the inevitable. In that regard, these companies have a LONG way to go to get to the future. Case in point? Volkswagon recently announced that it will invest $197 billion to get to the point of having an all-electric fleet with computer technology at the core of the infrastructure and at the core of the vehicle.
From “Daily Inspiration: “Your logical solution will probably be viewed by others as a radical problem!”” (August 2018)
People run their ideas past me all the time, whether during a Q&A after my keynote, in hallway conversations after my talk, or via email and social media. It’s a wonderful honour that people think I’m that smart; often, I’m not, but I try to help where and when I can. A good friend shared a concept with me last night for a major organization. The idea would probably help to address and deal with what is most likely a significant challenge with its members. Its an important concept with worthy goals. And yet, it is likely still enough ‘out there’ and ’on the fringe’ of what many would accept, that it likely won’t get a lot of traction at the start. That’s because the solution is arriving before others recognize and accept that it is a problem! That’s a dilemma, isn’t it! Yet that is common. Your solution to a problem is often perceived as a problem in and of itself, because it involves change - and as we all know, people struggle with, and often simply don’t like, change. Change is the enemy. Battling the status quo is often the toughest battle of all. How should you try to get around this dilemma? Do a test program - and establish some provable results. Start small before attempting to go big. Make it work - and get more supporters and believers on side. Put efforts first into getting more champions before going for the hole in one. If a solution is viewed as a problem, in a nutshell, you’ve got to work hard to turn their thinking around!
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”
Daily Inspiration: “The first step is to accept your future. The second is to do what’s necessary to get there!”
Daily Inspiration: “Your logical solution will probably be viewed by others as a radical problem!”