When Do You Innovate?
Another clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. Quite a few global organizations are bringing me in these days to inspire their leadership team to stay focused on…
Focusing on Growth · Growth Strategy
Reinventing brand relevance
Here's a clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. I'm challenging the audience to think about the issue of maintaining brand relevance, in the era in which customers…
Consumer & Food · Customers & Branding
Keynote Case Study: Yum! Brands: Growth Through Volatility Required Speed, Agility and Innovation.
At Yum! Brands' global franchise meeting in Las Vegas, I addressed franchise operators across KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut on innovation and growth in a challenging…
Case Studies · Consumer & Food
The insurance industry in 2015
(A note from Jim: I wrote this post in 2009. It's getting an extensive number of hits now, in 2015. I was right on some of these trends, but perhaps too soon on some of…
Financial Services & Banking · Keynotes & Events
Keynote summary: "Organizations only succeed by risking failure."
I was the opening keynote speaker for CropLife Canada back in December; this article just came in, summarizing my keynote: Jim Carroll's keynote address on innovation -…
Agriculture & Food · Keynotes & Events
Focusing on growth in a perilous economy - how innovators win
There's a lot of research that goes into every keynote and workshop I undertake. Recently, one key theme has been looking at how innovators break through the…
Growth Strategy · Innovation
Recent keynote: Innovating for growth in the restaurant industry!
I was thrilled to be the opening keynote speaker for Yum! Brands 2009 Global Leadership Meeting. It's the world's largest restaurant company. The organization, the owner…
Consumer & Food · Growth Strategy
Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut), Las Vegas, Nevada: Global Franchise Meeting
Held in Las Vegas, Jim’s keynote focused on innovation and growth strategies in a challenging global economy, including rapid consumer change, retail and technology…
Consumer & Food · Event Highlights
The hollowing out of big corporate R&D
I've just returned from delivering the opening keynote for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management for New Products & Services Conference in Fort Lauderdale, an event…
Innovation · Megatrends
Keynote: CMA Ontario Winter Conference - Future Trends, Creativity and Innovation
Jim Carroll was the featured keynote speaker at the CMA Ontario Winter Conference in early 2009, speaking to management accounting professionals at one of the province’s…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Financial
Avoiding the idea recession!
Cognos has run an article I've writen about the importance of not sliding into an "idea recession." Here's an excerpt: Given the economic challenges that swirl around us…
Growth Strategy · Innovation
Keynote: PDMA 14th Annual Portfolio Management Conference - Future Trends in Product Development & Innovation
Jim Carroll was a keynote speaker at the Product Development and Management Association’s (PDMA) 14th Annual Portfolio Management Conference in February 2009. PDMA is…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Professional Services