"Calgary made an #adaptation best practices white paper, a vulnerability risk assessment (a key input into adaptation planning), a natural asset valuation assessment as well as an economic analysis of the cost of inaction. Important steps as we start to see wildfire, intense heat & flooding impacts"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/362096/link/

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Chapter 19 of "A New Faith" < https://tinjar.ghost.io > has been uploaded to the website.

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“Embrace the chaos" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Constant chaos is now a feature, not a bug.

Get used to it. It might be your new normal.

That's one reason why I've written my book Dancing in the Rain (currently being edited and, if I am lucky, expected out this month!) I knew it was necessary to explore how leaders can thrive when chaos and uncertainty collide. While some people freeze in panic, true uncertainty warriors accelerate into the storm by embracing the chaos.

Why? Because chaos reveals opportunities that rigid thinking can't see. When everything feels unpredictable, most companies retreat into survival mode. They fine-tune when they should be reinventing. They become chaos warriors! They understand something fundamentally different: You can't shrink your way to the future. You've got to create momentum when everyone else is standing still.

This brings me to Chaos Theory, a state that scientists have studied for years. It tells us that even in seemingly random systems, patterns exist. In business, those patterns are opportunities among the madness.

Small interventions can create massive impacts. The butterfly effect isn't just physics—it's business strategy. Smart leaders look for these patterns in the noise. They spot the weak signals while competitors chase yesterday's data.

The key thing is that they make bold moves based on emerging trends, not fading forecasts. Need those trends? I just put together a site for a client of 101 trends you should be thinking about. It's at 101trends.jimcarroll.com .

Dancing in the rain? Think about Zoom during the pandemic. Netflix's streaming pivot during economic turbulence. The companies that didn't just survive uncertainty. they reshaped entire industries because of it.

They weren't reckless. They were strategically chaotic! They were chaos warriors!

Chaos isn't comfortable.

But comfort isn't where the future lives.

So when the next wave of constant chaos hits (and it will), ask yourself:

Will you run for shelter with everyone else? Or will you step into the storm with arms wide open?

Because while others are waiting for the chaos to pass, you could be using it to build something extraordinary.

The future doesn't belong to the prepared. It belongs to the bold.

And the boldest act of all?

Learning to dance in the rain.

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Jim Carroll's book "Dancing in the Rain: Leadership Strategies for Thriving in Uncertainty" is currently being edited and expected to be released this month. The book explores how visionary leaders turn volatility and chaos into competitive advantage.

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Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/06/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-embrace-the-chaos/

Le Répondeur : le roman de Luc Blanvillain au cinéma https://actualitte.com/a/HXIrP5YJ

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