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
One summer, with the kids running out of things to do, I set up an LCD projector and surround sound by the pool and we held a dive-in movie for the neighbourhood. I…
Leadership · Retail & Consumer
At the Vermont Captive Insurance Association's annual conference, Jim Carroll challenged insurance and captive-risk leaders to rethink how quickly the risk environment…
Case Studies · Insurance
For WorldSkills, Jim Carroll explored one of the defining themes of the modern economy: the half-life of a skill is shrinking. The keynote addressed how rapid…
Case Studies · Human Capital
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. The moment between having an idea and executing it is gone…
2026 Principles
Twenty-six years ago, I wrote about a future in which manipulating photons would transform computing. In 2006, I challenged 3,000 engineers to imagine it. Now AI is…
Innovation · Media & Technology
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
When I spent time with Disney, they described how their old innovation model worked for a new movie: design the toys, plan the merchandising, then do the branding. Then…
Innovation · Retail & Consumer
For roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers in Birmingham, Jim Carroll framed the future of automotive service around EVs, accelerating vehicle technology and increasingly…
Automotive & Transportation · Case Studies
Protein Industries Canada brought Jim Carroll to Saskatoon as the closing keynote speaker for its annual gathering. The organization sits at the center of Canada's…
Agriculture & Food · Case Studies
Nobody puts "played with pasta for three hours" on a resume. But that kind of pointless curiosity is exactly where original thinking comes from. More on this in Being…
Being Unique
Laugh at the habits that hold you back. Learn the moves that take you forward. That's the two-book deal. Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are companion reads…
Mediocrity
