“The future is both fast and slow - and you need to adjust your speed!” - Futurist Jim Carroll That’s a bit of a conundrum, isn’t it? Yet it’s probably one of the most…
Autonomous Vehicles · Daily Inspiration
“Once you start to think you are invincible - you probably aren’t!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Yesterday, Amazon was faced with a prime example of what can happen when you…
Daily Inspiration · Think Big (Innovation Strategy)
“Think big. Act small!” - Futurist Jim Carroll We are in the era of big thinking, yet a lot of people have a small outlook. You need to flip that around. Conversely, at…
Daily Inspiration · Think Big (Innovation Strategy)
“Embrace change. Start by making the uncomfortable, comfortable!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Our air conditioning broke down yesterday! Today’s quote came easily. Anyone…
Daily Inspiration
“Defeatism is a drug - you know it’s bad for you but you take it because it’s the easy way out!” - Futurist Jim Carroll After my keynote at the Mississippi Economic…
Daily Inspiration
Over the years, I've done a lot of talks for groups of economic developers on the overall theme, "Where's the growth?" I cover a wide variety of trends that are driving…
Construction & Infrastructure · Event Highlights
“The future you are looking for is often right in front of you!” - Futurist Jim Carroll When I was small, I remember that my mom could never find her glasses, and so she…
Daily Inspiration
“Stop making the same mistakes. Make some new ones!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I heard someone make this comment the other day; it was in the context of how to achieve some…
Daily Inspiration
“What part of ‘it’s inevitable’ did you not understand?” - Futurist Jim Carroll People are aware of many disruptive trends, but then go into denial as to their…
Daily Inspiration
Just over 18 months ago, I opened the annual meeting of the United Soybean Board in St. Louis, a group that represents most of the US soybean industry. I was on stage…
Agriculture & Food · Disruption & Acceleration
This global consulting firm brought together 200 executives of one fo their top banking clients, for an intense days-long leadership program, built around the themes of…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Financial
If you are going to invest $750 million in building a state of the art hospital for your community, how do you know what should go in it? What it should look like?…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Healthcare
