When my friend Scott Kress summited Mount Everest last year, he used a little bit of oxygen for the final push. Many climbers do -- sometimes you need the extra energy…
Change · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Business Week ran an article in January, "10 Worst Innovation Mistakes in a Recession." It's easy to point out mistakes. It can be harder to indicate what you should be…
Growth Strategy · Innovation
I was the opening keynote speaker yesterday for Opportunities 2009, a conference in Ontario, Canada, that was focused on workplace trends to 2015. The keynote…
Growth Strategy · Keynotes & Events
Grab the PDF by clicking on the image on the right! The world of healthcare and medicine is on the edge of a period of massive transformation. Do you have any idea as to…
Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends
So let's really try out the power of social networking, and see if it can apply to practical, everyday problems. Our backyard shed needs to move about 20 feet, in order…
How to be Innovative
WKSU, the PBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, has been running a series this week titled "Good Jobs in Bad Times." It's a serious look at current and future job and career…
Manufacturing & Industrial · Megatrends
I was interviewed sometime last month by FoodProcessing.com - this was related to their discovery of the keynote I did for the Readers Digest / EveryDay with Rachel Ray…
Consumer & Food · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
I just came off stage in Las Vegas from an opening keynote for a group of about 500 representatives for Trane / Ingersoll Rand, and their key contractor partners. My…
Construction & Infrastructure · Energy & Utilities
In April 2009, Jim Carroll opened a Trane/Ingersoll Rand partner meeting in Las Vegas while the construction industry was being shaken by the financial crisis…
Case Studies · Construction & Infrastructure
I'm off to Austin, Texas today, where I'll be the closing keynote speaker tomorrow for the annual meeting of the Texas Credit Union League. My role is to motivate and…
Financial Services & Banking · Keynotes & Events
The New Yorker has a great article out, "Hanging tough," about how some companies choose to ensure that they stay innovative in recessionary times. That's the theme I've…
Growth Strategy · Innovation
Jim Carroll delivered two sessions at a Canadian financial services biennial conference in April 2009 — an opening keynote on ‘Business Trends in Canada’ and a plenary…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Financial
