10 Great Words for 2006
Five years ago, I didn't know how to ski. Well, I had skiied a bit as a kid, but never really picked it up. Then my wife and I decided after 9/11 that skiing would be a…
Daily Inspiration · Megatrends
My own top 10 blog posts
Here's a quick list of what I think were some of the best posts to this often sporadic blog through the year. Change: Deal with it: this little fellow still cracks me…
Media & Press · Megatrends
10 Big Trends for Agriculture
Jim Carroll is widely recognized as one of the leading experts in the world on agricultural trends. His client list in extensive, including both agricultural…
Agriculture & Food · Megatrends
Time for an innovation audit?
From an article I wrote for The Boardroom, a publication for associaton executives: "Take the time to do this simple to test to determine if your association and its…
Innovation · Media & Press
"...what lies ahead three-to-five years from now?"
SCTE SLATES FUTURIST JIM CARROLL AS ET 2006 KEYNOTE SPEAKER DEC. 13, 2005 (Exton, PA)—The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is pleased to announce…
Keynotes & Events · Media & Technology
"Volatility is the new normal"
I recently keynoted the Furniture Today 2005 Leadership conference in Miami. This article reports on my talk. Futurist: Changes will present new opportunities Furniture…
Change · Innovation
10 big trends for the legal profession
In the last few years, I've spoken to a variety of professional service firms, including many legal organizations -- including two of the largest national law firms in…
Megatrends · Professional Services & Associations
Change. Deal with it.
Outside my home office, I've got what my family has come to call the "squirrel highway." All day long, they scurry back and forth along the top of the fence, busy…
Change · Videos
The future of media in the era of the infinite idea loop
Way back in 2002 -- doesn't that seem like a long time ago? -- I was asked to keynote a get together of the International Newspaper Marketing Association. The title of…
Megatrends
Fortune Magazine and the infinite idea loop
Fortune Magazine's Business Innovation blog linked to my "infinite idea loop" video clip, and the traffic has been pretty heavy from right around the world. They had…
Innovation · Media & Press
"It's in to be out!"
I'm doing a dinner talk tonite for a government group involved in managing recreation and camping parks throughout the province. It's my last event before Christmas…
Megatrends
The Masters of Business Imagination
One of the biggest challenges in writing a book is getting the title right..... and this one has taken a long time. But while sitting here today in the snow! it finally…
Education · Innovation