"Reality always trumps wishful thinking!" - Futurist Jim Carroll There's a reality gap. A gap between an understanding of how industries are changing, and how people…
Daily Inspiration · Leadership
"Do the hard things" - Futurist Jim Carroll How many times do you say to yourself, "I'll do the easy things first!" And then you just keep doing the easy things over and…
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"If you keep chasing motivation instead of chasing trends, you're doing tomorrow all wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most interesting - and perhaps one of the…
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"Prove them wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Your life is often defined by a series of barriers established by someone other than yourself. The barriers are established by…
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I was in Birmingham with roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers for a keynote about the rapidly changing future of automotive service. My message could be summarized in…
Automotive & Transportation · Event Highlights
"Aligning to tomorrow? You’ll succeed when you get beyond a series of awful decisions driven by the delusion of denial!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Most people believe that…
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"Any idea worth growing should always be planted!" - Futurist Jim Carroll From small ideas, big things can grow! That's what I was thinking about yesterday as I spent…
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At ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership summit in Charlotte, Jim Carroll focused on the practical industrial impact of AI. The keynote addressed robotics, digital twins…
Case Studies · Manufacturing & Industrial
"Regret: It's that thing you'll live with if you never do the things you should have tried to do!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Life is a series of doors of opportunity all…
Daily Inspiration · Resilience & Reinvention
"Thinking of innovation? Invest in an experience factory!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I wasted quite a bit of time yesterday. It was great. What was I doing? I'm trying to…
Daily Inspiration · How to be Innovative
"While you might never open many closed minds, make sure to never close your open mind!" - Futurist Jim Carroll A closed mind is a dangerous thing. There's a lot of them…
Daily Inspiration · Innovation
"It's not just about the trends. It's the speed at which they are happening" - Futurist Jim Carroll For some reason or other, I've had a significant number of event…
Daily Inspiration · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
