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Timing is Everything: Jim Carroll's 5 Rules on Aligning to the Future!
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| Type | article |
| Author | Jim Carroll |
| Publisher | JimCarroll.com |
| Date | 2022-01-27 |
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IdeasThe Future Happens, But EventuallyNew technologies and ideas can be real long before they are mature or broadly productive.IdeasThe Future Is Usually Slow, Then InstantA trend can remain experimental for years and then cross a threshold that makes adoption seem sudden.IdeasTechnology Disrupts the Timing RulesWhen an industry becomes a technology industry, old assumptions about the pace of change become unreliable.IdeasAccelerating Science Disrupts the Timing RulesScientific breakthroughs can make yesterday's reasonable timeline suddenly obsolete.IdeasGenerational Change Resets the ClockNew generations bring fewer inhibitions about technologies and business models, often accelerating adoption.Collections5 Rules on Aligning to the FutureA framework for thinking about timing: trends mature unevenly, then rapidly, while technology, science and generational turnover repeatedly change the timetable.