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jnpn

Managed to craft a dirty minor-mode in emacs to accelerate patching files in complicated git merge / rebase.

I'm not even good with elisp base APIs (regex, region, mode, overlay) .. people with proficiency must really live in bliss

#emacs#dx#velocity
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Futurist Jim Carroll

"In a downturn, most companies don’t fail because they lack opportunity - they fail because they can’t get out of their own way." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Leaders build. Managers cut. That much is known. What is also known is that if you want to grow during a downturn, now is the time to move, not wait.

But let’s be honest. You can’t build what’s next if you’re still stuck in what’s holding you back.

That’s what this post is about.

Before you get into a growth mindset in a downturn - which seems like a contradiction - you have to face the barriers that will hold you back. And here's what I know from the advising leadership team during every major downturn since 2001: recessions don’t just expose economic volatility. They expose internal vulnerability.

What are those vulnerabilities? Business models that no longer fit. Teams that are afraid to act. Cultures allergic to risk. Short-term thinking that kills long-term opportunity. Things like that. Over time, I've seen a clear pattern emerge in the way organizations respond to volatility - there are two kinds of companies:

- those who got stuck in their economic rut, too paralyzed to move

- and those who became fast, focused, and fearless innovation leaders

Both types were in the same economy - but only one type made it to the other side stronger.

So what separates them? It’s not industry. Not funding. Not even market conditions. It’s this: the ability to confront what’s really holding them back. Because the reality is big disruption happens during big uncertainty, but most companies miss it, because they’re too focused on defending the past instead of designing the future.

So ask yourself:

What’s holding you back right now?

What decisions are you avoiding?

What assumptions or habits are you still clinging to?

Because before you can talk about growth strategy…before you can reimagine business models…before you can disrupt...you need to confront what’s holding you back.

This isn’t about what’s happening around you.

It’s about what’s happening inside your organization.

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Futurist Jim Carroll believes that this current moment in time is as much an innovation story as it is a recession story. Act accordingly.

**#Barriers** **#Growth** **#Leadership** **#Mindset** **#Risk** **#Innovation** **#Velocity** **#Opportunity** **#Adaptation** **#Momentum**

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decodin

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Futurist Jim Carroll

"Every single opportunity is always within the margin of possibility!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

When the World Bank invited me to keynote on the future of manufacturing, they made one thing crystal clear: they wanted me to flip the script - paint of picture of opportunity, not disruption. Think about it - in the industry, everyone's been talking about disruption, what I could call "automation anxiety," global competition, new young upstarts, and relentless volatility - aka economic whiplash.

But here's the thing - despite all the big change trends on the horizon, they're rocket fuel for those who know how to harness them. With that in mind, I just put together a little Website that details my manufacturing keynotes - the type of thing I did for this group. It's over at manufacturing.jimcarroll.com. I highlight these trends at the top of the page:

“Collapsing product lifecycles. Artificial intelligence. The connectivity of the Industrial Internet of Things. Mass customization. Digitization, robotics, and the cloud. Design based on crowd thinking. Rapid prototyping and deployment. Faster time to market. 3D printing / additive manufacturing. Are you ready for the new world of manufacturing?”

As a manufacturing executive or engineer, you could look at all those things and see a threat - but the real magic is if you instead see them as opportunities. I don't know if you have ever looked at it, but check one of the highlighted images on the home page of my Web site.

That's the essence of my thinking, and that's what I shared at this event and many others.

My manufacturing keynote description goes as follows:

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While popular media and opportunistic politicians portray a picture of a sector in crisis, smart manufacturing executives are furiously busy with innovation, reinventing their capabilities, processes, and business models using advanced ideas, materials, methodologies, and technologies.

The reality of manufacturing today is that there is a big opportunity that comes from aligning with fast-paced trends. What a time for innovation opportunity, and for insight from a great keynote that really puts all of these trends into perspective.

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All of the trends sweeping the manufacturing sector represent an opportunity. They represent possibilities for reinvention, transformation, and innovation. And they are out there, just waiting to be grabbed. They are within the margin of possibility.

Do you have the same mindset?

#Manufacturing #Innovation #Opportunity #Growth #Velocity #Disruption #Future #Transformation #Experimentation #Optimism

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/02/daily-i

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Futurist Jim Carroll

Daily Inspiration: "Always remember that procrastination is just slow-motion failure. - Futurist Jim Carroll

Be action-oriented.

Do things.

Do them now.

Don't wait.

These are the lessons I learned along the way, and as things get even faster every moment, they are more important than ever before. The fact is, in a world where change accelerates exponentially, your biggest risk isn't failure - it's hesitation.

Why do you think I have books with the titles The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast; Ready, Set Done; and Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast? I haven't gone with those titles simply because I think it's a cool framework - it comes from what I have seen as the key issue for my global clients for the last 30 years. People and organizations are overwhelmed with speed, bewildered by accelerating change, and sometimes, withering with fear at the velocity of tomorrow.

And they've brought me in to talk to them about moving fast.

Here's what you should do: a 15-point plan for action.

Act before you're ready
Scale before you're comfortable
Lead before you're certain
Innovate before it's necessary
Change before you're forced to
Decide before you're paralyzed
Experiment before you are perfect
Challenge yourself before you're challenged
Embrace your failure before you try to avoid risk
Commit before you hesitate
Think before you're told
Dare before you doubt
Imagine before you dismiss
Ask before you assume
Trust your instincts before you second-guess

The future doesn't wait for your comfort, your certainty, or your careful planning. The only sustainable advantage at this moment in time is your ability to change faster than your competition, to learn faster than others do, and to act decisively in the face of uncertainty.

Remember: In a world where the only constant is exponential change, the biggest risk isn't acting on what you don't know - it's waiting until you do know.

Procrastination is just slow-motion failure hidden in a brilliant disguise.

By then, it's too late.

Your future starts now.

Are you ready to get going?

#Action #Speed #Urgency #Future #Change #Innovation #Momentum #Growth #Velocity #courage

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2024/12/daily-i

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Futurist Jim Carroll

Daily Inspiration; "Be a perpetual skills architect!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Just do stuff.

Learn by doing.

Chase experience.

Do it again.

And again.

That's been my theory for many years, and that idea will continue to carry me into 2025.

That's how you move forward in today's fast-moving world.

Think about it - with fast science, accelerating knowledge, technological change, evolving skills - there's no time to study, precious little time for formal learning, and fleeting moments to solidify knowledge before it goes out of date. Go out, chase the knowledge, learn it, use it, and move to the next set of knowledge. Do it over again.
In that way, you become a perpetual skills architect.

Remember that phrase.

Here's what you need to know about navigating this transformative shift - we're living in what I call the "7x7x7 world" – in many industries, 7 months from now, 7% of what you know will be obsolete, and in just 7 years, the entire landscape of your field could be unrecognizable.

What's your plan?

You can't outlearn this pace through traditional methods. The only viable strategy? Immerse yourself in experiential knowledge. Learning by doing.

This means you need to master rapid knowledge acquisition. This relates to a fascinating pattern I'm seeing in some of my clients who have mastered the art of high-velocity learning - they're creating what I call "experience sprints." These are focused, intense periods of hands-on learning.

Does some new problem, opportunity, challenge, or disruption emerge? Form a team, learn about the issue, take it on, build some experience around it, and tackle it before the next issue comes up. Do it again, and again. Think of it as the agile methodology applied to personal development - your learning cycles need to match the speed of change.
#Skills #Experience #Learning #Knowledge #Velocity #Future #Adaptation #Growth #Innovation #Action

jimcarroll.com/2024/12/daily-i

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The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑

Colorful critters teach some basics of time travel #theory in this 11-min #animation (with ads). One concept not widely illustrated elsewhere is that everything is moving at the #SpeedOfLight within the 4 dimensions of #SpaceTime. As we move faster through #space, our time slows down proportionally (relatively?) If we #stop, our time speeds up to maintain the constant #velocity.

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=dBxxi5XAm3

YouTubeWe Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.By Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
#Time#Timelessness#TimeTravel
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joui

@redezem #PlanningPoker as well as #StoryPoints is only a tool to triage new backlog items. It can help the product owner to quickly find out which stories must be clarified. PO has 60 minutes max to present a dozen brand new stories and leaves that meeting with three stacks: "Well understood", "To be rewritten" and "Potential trainwreck". That is all and almost every application beyond that specific purpose is #agile cargo cult, especially #Velocity as KPI for team performance.

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AndiBerlin 🚴

Heute ist die #velocityberlin das Radrennen für jedermann. Da schäumt wahrscheinlich die Autofahrerseele, da ja wieder die Straßen Berlins großräumig gesperrt sind.
Wirklich schade dass das Wetter heute nicht mitspielt. Regen und sogar Gewitter sind vorhergesagt. Ich wünsche allen Teilnehmern dennoch viel Spass und Erfolg. Das ein Teil der Route an meiner Residenz vorbeiführt, werde ich euch gelegentlich zuschauen.
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