Jimism #004: The Acceleration Gap
Change is no longer the problem. The problem is the growing gap between how fast the world changes and how fast an organization can respond to it. I call it The…
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Keynote Case Study: Toronto Hydro — The Energy Future Was Arriving Faster Than Legacy Assumptions
Jim addressed Toronto Hydro leaders at a CEO Leadership Meeting on electrification, AI, battery storage, distributed energy and the leadership challenge of navigating an…
Case Studies · Energy & Utilities
Yesterday’s Farm Ran on Daylight. Tomorrow’s Runs on Data.
I’ve just launched a new home for one of the longest-running threads in my career: agriculture. agriculture.jimcarroll.com is now live, along with a 20-page PDF you can…
Agriculture & Food
Jimism #003: The Governance of Speed
Are we moving fast enough? is now a governance question. For decades, boards were trained to ask sensible questions. Are we compliant? Are the controls working? Are we…
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Jimism #002: The Half-Life of a Skill
Your expertise now has an expiry date. There was a time when you could learn a profession in your twenties, master it in your thirties and forties, and spend much of the…
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Megatrends One Year Later – #30: The Acceleration Paradox – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“As change accelerates exponentially, our challenge is to steer this incredible power toward a more humane and hopeful future – rather than increasing the destructive…
Megatrends
Where's the Growth? Right Here.
Three weeks ago, on August 25, I wrote a lengthy piece about Canada's economic future. My argument was pretty simple: Stop obsessing over the storm. Look for the growth…
Future & Trends · Megatrends
Your Inner Oddness Is Not a Flaw. It's a Superpower.
AI can write your email. It can draft your strategy deck. It can even mimic your tone of voice, given enough examples. What it can't do is be you. That's the argument at…
Being Unique
Jimism #001: The Attention Recession
When everyone is chasing attention, there is none. We spent years talking about the information explosion. We should have been talking about the attention implosion. AI…
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Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“A decade of progress in a year; the humanoid robot era is here, and it’s accelerating with astonishing speed and breathtaking developments.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One…
Manufacturing & Industrial · Megatrends
Introducing "Jimisms": Ideas for What Comes Next
I've accumulated a lot of phrases over the years. Some started on a keynote stage. Some came out of a client conversation. Some emerged while I was trying to make sense…
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Megatrends One Year Later – #28: The Chase for Authenticity – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“Celebrate your flaws and highlight your mistakes – because one day soon, they will become your key currency for success!” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in August…
Megatrends