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One Year Later: Compressed Innovation Cycles

One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #18: Compressed Innovation Cycles as part of my 30 Megatrends series. Time to grade myself.

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Publish Date2026-08-28
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-08-28
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Observed in Jim Carroll’s archive on August 28, 2026.

One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #18: Compressed Innovation Cycles as part of my 30 Megatrends series. Time to grade myself.

Source: Megatrends One Year Later – #18: Compressed Innovation Cycles – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening.

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TrendsCompressed Innovation CyclesThe time between idea, design, launch and obsolescence is shrinking across many industries.IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesManufacturing & IndustrialManufacturing is becoming an intelligent, adaptive system in which software, robotics, materials science and data increasingly define physical production.IndustriesConsumer Products & PackagingConsumer products are entering a world of shorter attention, faster product cycles, intelligent packaging, personalization and increasingly circular material systems.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.DomainsComputing & DataThe computing, data and digital infrastructure that makes new forms of intelligence, simulation and automation possible.DomainsAI & Machine IntelligenceArtificial intelligence, machine learning, generative systems and autonomous agents that increasingly perform cognitive work.

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