10 Signs that you've got an innovation dysfunction
It should be pretty easy to walk into an organization and do an innovation audit -- that is, assess the likelihood that an organization can do remarkably new and…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
First class @$1.86
"In the last few months, the little airport at Watertown, New York, has seen more than its average share of air traffic .... USAirways had made a mistake in loading a…
From the Archives
Jim Carroll - author, poet, rocker...
Please note -- I am not Jim Carroll, author, poet, rocker singer -- the fellow best known as author of The Basketball Diaries . That's him on the right...... and if you…
About Jim Carroll
Creativity, trends and innovation in retail, packaging and consumer goods ....
According to the Washington Post, some 33,679 new products were introduced into the consumer products sector in 2004, up 53% from 10 years earlier. Since the typical…
Consumer & Food · Innovation
Business agility in a time of rapid change
I'm doing a session for SAP in Huntington Beach, California this AM, on the key theme of "organizational agility." That's the culture, insight and capabilities that…
Agility · Innovation
"The concept of going to school for knowledge is kind of quaint..."
I'm quoted in the Toronto Star today with my observations on the future of knowledge, careers and work. Kind of provocative, but I really believe it to be true…
Education · Megatrends
Health care trends
It was a week for health care. Yesterday I opened the annual American Society for Health Risk Management conference in San Antonio, taking a look at . As the session…
Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends
Keynote Case Study: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management — Healthcare Risk Was Becoming a Future-Focused Discipline
At ASHRM's Annual Conference, Jim addressed 3,000+ healthcare leaders on the shift toward empowered patients, digital workflows, wireless bio-connectivity and the…
Case Studies · Healthcare & Pharma
Business trends for the future
There's been a lot of searching on my site for the list of the "10 big business trends for the future," so I thought I'd replay it here in a blog post. Low-cost…
Megatrends
From the stage to Weepul spotting!
That's me on the right. It's been a busy month, with presentations to thousands of people in the fields of engineering, consumer goods, health care, and lots of other…
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What's your skills capital?
Today I provide the opening keynote for the annual Monster Government Solutions Human Capital Management conference for government HR folks in Washington, DC. I'll be…
Human Capital · Innovation