From the Stage: The Recycled Recession Headlines
Every downturn, I play a little game with my audience. Speaking to dental professionals, I read out a series of grim economic headlines: banks facing meltdown, a…
Healthcare & Pharma · Leadership
Keynote Case Study: E-Recruitment Congress: Recruiters Needed To Become Futurists.
Jim Carroll's keynote explored the future of skills, recruitment, the workforce and the organization at the 2022 E-Recruitment Congress in Ostend, Belgium. The keynote…
Case Studies · Professional Services & Associations
Keynote Case Study: Zurich Insurance: The Future Of Risk Arrived Early.
I addressed several hundred corporate risk managers from some of the world’s largest organizations at Zurich’s Global Risk Management Summit in Lucerne, Switzerland. The…
Case Studies · Insurance
Administration Runs the Business. Imagination Grows It.
One keeps the lights on. The other decides what the building becomes next. Most organizations have plenty of the first and not nearly enough of the second. I explore the…
Being Unique
The Mirror Test
Which mindset is looking back at you today? The one that says "later", or the one that says "let's go"? That's the question behind two new companion books, built from…
Mediocrity
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #27: Critics of Crazy Ideas Are Usually Wrong
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets…
How Innovation Happens · Innovation
From the Stage: Iterative Design
Speaking at the International Finance Corporation, I described how 3D printing and rapid prototyping change the very nature of design: "The future of manufacturing is…
Innovation · Manufacturing & Industrial
Keynote Case Study: Black & Veatch — Connected Transformation in Infrastructure
At Black & Veatch’s first in-person global leadership meeting since Covid, Jim Carroll challenged senior leaders to think beyond incrementalism. The session focused on…
Case Studies · Construction & Infrastructure
From the Stage: The Jobs of 2036
At the IIA/ISACA GRC Conference in August 2026, I did something a little unusual. I invented a conference agenda for 2036 — complete with fictional sessions and speakers…
AI, Robotics & Automation · Event Highlights
Keynote Case Study: BRMA — Real-Time Risk in a Data-Driven Insurance Future
For the Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association, Jim Carroll focused on how risk, insurance and decision-making are being redefined by data, analytics and the…
Case Studies · Insurance
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #26: Anticipate, Don't Follow
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets…
How Innovation Happens · Innovation
From the Stage: Cardboard People and Plasma People
At a conference of the people who design in-store displays, I went to the cocktail party the night before. On one side of the room, a group was deep in conversation…
Leadership · Retail & Consumer