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"Leadership today isn't about what you chase. It's about what you ignore." - Futurist Jim Carroll
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Futurist Jim Carroll is writing his end-of-2025 / introduction-to-2026 series, 26 Principles for 2026. You can follow along at 2026.jimcarroll.com.
----We are on Day 14 of my 26 Principles for 2026 - guidance to guide you through a world of exponential change. If you don't remember why this is so critical, go back and read the intro!
Recently,? You’ve humbled your ego (Day 12) and opened your ears to the young (Day 13).
You are ready to listen to the future.
But suddenly, you have a new problem. You can't hear anything but noise.
Have you noticed how much hype is out there these days?
Separating reality from hype has always been a challenge - I've certainly been covering that issue for a long time. You can't speak and write about the future without giving people advice and guidance about what's going on out there, and separating the real from the noise.
But there is more hype than ever before - and so on Day 14, I want you to think about the importance of developing what I call Hype Immunity - aka the discipline of ignoring almost everything.
Think about it: In our old, slow, linear world, change happened slowly enough that you could evaluate new technologies, disruptive trends, new products, and new innovation opportunities, one at a time. You had the luxury of waiting to see what settled, what was real, and what you really needed to worry about.
That luxury of time is gone. Forever. In an exponential world, you are bombarded daily with "game-changing" breakthroughs. There is just so much to keep track of! AI agents today, spatial computing tomorrow, quantum adoption next week. .
For a long time, folks like me have been talking about the tendency of people to chase 'shiny new objects."
Remember the 'metaverse '? Wasn't it the hottest thing on the planet just a few years ago ? It was just reported that Facebook lost almost $100 billion in its ill-fated efforts to drag everyone into some weird new virtual world. Companies that followed the shiny object that it represented probably wasted as much.
Here's the thing - If you chase every shiny object, you will exhaust your organization and achieve nothing. That's why the critical leadership skill in 2026 is no longer just spotting trends—that’s easy. The critical skill is rapidly filtering the 99% marketing hype to find the 1% structural shift that actually matters to your business model.
The discipline you must master is Hype Immunity.
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Futurist Jim Carroll believes that his hype-filter is one of the most important skilsl he has developed — and one that differentiates him from most of his peers!
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