Daily Inspiration: "Inaction is not a good excuse for failure!"
“Inaction is not a good excuse for failure!” Futurist Jim Carroll Today I open the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show, the largest such event in Canada. It’s a…
Daily Inspiration · Manufacturing & Industrial
Keynote: Canadian Manufacturing and Technology Show, Toronto, Canada - End of Runway Manufacturing, 3D Printing and the End of Inventory
This is the biggest manufacturing conference in Canada, organized by SME (previously, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers). This is the 4th time SME has had me…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Manufacturing
Video: Upcoming Keynote on Disruption - Chicago and Dallas
Baker McKenzie is one of the largest law firms in the US, and they've engaged me to come in and keynote their annual client conference in Dallas and Chicago this…
Disruption & Acceleration · Professional Services & Associations
Daily Inspiration: “Business models? They were built to be broken!”
“Business models? They were built to be broken!” - Futurist Jim Carroll ‘Yesterday, I wrote a foreword for the a new book by a good friend, Jessica Levin, and also…
Daily Inspiration · Disruption & Acceleration
Daily Inspiration: "There’s a huge opportunity for North American manufacturing to reinvent itself to compete in the world economy....."
“There’s a huge opportunity for North American manufacturing to reinvent itself to compete in the world economy. We’re not going to do it by building walls and wishing…
Daily Inspiration · Manufacturing & Industrial
Keynote Case Study: Xcelerate Retail: Retail Was Moving From Stores to Smart Ecosystems.
I delivered a keynote for Xcelerate Retail on retail technology, merchandising innovation, mobile consumers, omnichannel execution, data-driven insight and the…
Case Studies · Consumer & Food
Daily Inspiration: "On any given day, change happens. It's what you do with it that matters!"
“On any given day, change happens. It’s what you do with it that matters!” - Futurist Jim Carroll
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Daily Inspiration: "If you feel like you have been slapped in the side of the head by the speed of change, ask yourself this......"
“If you feel like you have been slapped in the side of the head by the speed of change, ask yourself this: were you listening to the people who were telling you what’s…
Daily Inspiration · Retail & Consumer
Daily Inspiration: "When it comes to the faster future, one thing can be true, we might not know where we are going, but we sure are making great time in getting there!"
“When it comes to the faster future, one thing can be true: we might not know where we are going, but we sure are making great time in getting there!” -Futurist Jim…
Automotive & Transportation · Daily Inspiration
Keynote: Quintiq World Tour 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Managing Complexity in the Era of Acceleration
This is a company that builds a software platform that helps companies to manage complex supply chains and workforces, and my keynote focused on why the need for…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Manufacturing
Daily Inspiration: "What makes you different - makes you innovative!"
What makes you different - makes you innovative!” - Futurist Jim Carroll The photo is from Phoenix last week for a global agricultural company - I was the opening…
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