Daily Inspiration: “The future? It goes to 11!"
“The future? It goes to 11! You can’t become comfortably numb, or dazed and confused in how you approach it!” -Futurist Jim Carroll Spinal Tap! Still one of the greatest…
Daily Inspiration
Unique Topics, Global Events, Deep Insight, Disruptive Thinking : This is What a Futurist Does!
I'm touring over in Portugal after an opening keynote last week for an event in Morocco for the International Finance Corporation / World Bank. And while visiting a…
Highlights · Keynotes & Events
Daily Inspiration: “No one knows what Spacely Sprockets actually makes...."
“No one knows what Spacely Sprockets actually makes, but you can be certain that it is some sort of A.I.-based hyperconnected upgradeable software thing!” -Futurist Jim…
Daily Inspiration · Future & Trends
Daily Inspiration: “There is no problem that we will solve by pretending that it doesn’t exist!”
“There is no problem that we will solve by pretending that it doesn’t exist!” -Futurist Jim Carroll People love to avoid the obvious, live for the ability to evade big…
Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration: "...incremental innovation? A continuous series of mistakes..."
“The best definition of incremental innovation? A continuous series of mistakes, each of them part of a non-stop learning opportunity!” -Futurist Jim Carroll You won’t…
Daily Inspiration · How to be Innovative
The Future of Trucking and Transportation: Connectivity is the New Horsepower!
The National Automotive Dealers Association has booked me to join them for their annual conference in Las Vegas next February. https://blog.nada.org/2…
Automotive & Transportation · Disruption & Acceleration
Daily Inspiration: “Tradition and routine is usually found at the root of all failure!”
“Tradition and routine is usually found at the root of all failure!” -Futurist Jim Carroll People with disruptive ideas about your business model have no respect for…
Daily Inspiration
The Collapse of Attention Spans, and the Future of Packaging
Last week, I was the closing keynote speaker for an event for a group of companies that supply packaging materials and solutions to McDonald's in North America. I'll…
Branding & Marketing · Consumer & Food
Daily Inspiration: "Be stealthy with your radical concepts..."
"Be stealthy with your radical concepts, because out there are the innovation killers. They’re prepared to hunt down and destroy your best ideas!” - Futurist Jim Carroll…
Daily Inspiration
Keynote Case Study: Northwest Farm Credit Cooperative — Agriculture 2025 Is A Science + Data Story
In Spokane, futurist Jim Carroll opened a Northwest Farm Credit Cooperative event with a rapid tour of genomic science, intelligent packaging, drones and location…
Case Studies · Financial Services & Banking
Daily Inspiration: “Optimism is your opportunity!”
“Optimism is your opportunity!” - Futurist Jim Carroll What a day in Marrakech yesterday as I opened the 2nd International Finance Corporation Global Manufacturing…
Daily Inspiration · Manufacturing & Industrial
Keynote Case Study: HAVI Global Solutions: Supply Chains Were Moving From Efficiency to Intelligent Resilience.
I delivered a keynote for HAVI Global Solutions on the future of supply chains, logistics innovation, cold-chain intelligence, automation, customer expectations and the…
Automotive & Transportation · Case Studies