Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. In an era of synthetic perfection, your flaws are now the…
2026 Principles
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
In October 2026, at the ECIA Executive Conference in Chicago, Jim Carroll explored how the electronics channel was being reshaped by collapsing forecast half-lives…
Case Studies · Manufacturing & Industrial
In under forty seconds, this is my view of the period we're living through: "the imagination machine of people worldwide is turning on in a way which is simply…
Leadership · Videos
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
At X/SPECS 2024, Jim Carroll opened the event for retail executives, store planners, designers, construction leaders, facilities professionals and industry suppliers…
Case Studies · Construction & Infrastructure
Six cybersecurity stories. One extraordinary 24-hour period. And a rather uncomfortable validation of something I said on stage in August.
AI, Robotics & Automation · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Don't 'learn' AI. Redesign your personal productivity around…
2026 Principles
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
On stage, I took on the excuse I hear in almost every organization: it's too risky. "We have to take risks in order to get ahead." My challenge to the room was a simple…
Consumer & Food · Innovation
At the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis, Jim Carroll placed AI inside the broader industrial transformation involving…
Case Studies · Manufacturing & Industrial
For the Great Lakes Construction Associations, Jim Carroll focused on what is real — and what is not yet real — in construction AI. The session was designed to help…
Case Studies · Construction & Infrastructure
