"Whoah, dude, what happened?"
Are you surrounded by people who simply don't "get it?" Who are oblivious, blind, completely unaware of just how much business model change is occurring out there?…
Change · Financial Services & Banking
Innovation: "We need to suck less!"
I'll often be lined up for a conversation with the CEO of a client organization when I'm preparing for a private client CEO leadership/innovation keynote. It's part of a…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
Trend: Short, sharp shocks of strategic insight
I was in Baltimore last week, where I was the opening keynote speaker for the 2010 Passkey Corporate Housing Forum. Passkey is a company that provides software for the…
Associations · Growth Strategy
Article: "Re-energize your association!"
by Jim Carroll From: The Boardroom, a publication for Association Executives Every association executive is regularly inundated with information on the leadership skills…
Associations
Coping with Ketchup: Innovating in a Fast World!
Today, I'm speaking at a leadership meeting for HJ Heinz in Pittsburgh. I wrote this article in 2003, and thought it appropriate to make it available once again! Coping…
Change · Media & Press
Keynote: Heinz – The Future of Consumer Brands: Innovation on the Global Shelf
Jim Carroll delivered a keynote for Heinz in May 2010. As emerging markets and changing consumer habits reshaped the global food and consumer products landscape, Jim…
Consumer & Food · Event Highlights
The big secrets of innovative organizations!
I've been quite priviliged through the years to be able to observe, within my global blue chip client base (which includes clients such as the National Australian Bank…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
When Silicon Valley Takes Over Your Innovation Agenda!
What happens when Silicon Valley takes over the innovation agenda within an industry? In this video clip from a recent keynote, Jim challenges his audience to think…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Financial Services & Banking
What's your tin can?
Have you been to your local grocery store as of late? Have you seen the StarKist Tuna plastic re-sealable pouch? That little package – a new product innovation if there…
Change · Innovation
10 surefire ways to destroy innovative thinking
With all the upcoming leadership events and keynotes that I have on my schedule, I'm on a pretty constant stream of planning conference calls. As I dig into the culture…
Change · Innovation
What Pat Boone's App Says About the Future of Branding!
Here's an article that I wrote for the spring issue of Marketline, for the BCAMA. Some good food for thought on the future of branding, and how all this social…
Branding & Marketing · Marketing
The case for optimism & global economic recovery
I was in Billings, Montana last week, speaking at the annual meeting of a financial group. The audience included a large cross section of business executives from…
Energy & Utilities · Growth Strategy