Jim Carroll was asked by the CEO of this new entity, spun off from the parent in 2020, for an opening keynote focused on the future of the energy industry. Jim took a look at the acceleration of the science of renewables, the impact of microgrid technologies, the stunning advances with battery storage technology, and what happens as Silicon Valley disruptive concepts come to the traditional energy utility industry.
Essentially, agriculture is about science, and science is exponentiating. Essentially, agriculture is about science, and science is exponentiating. The result is that knowledge itself is exponentiating: in this keynote for 300 soybean farmers, I observed that we are in a situation in which 1/2 of what we learn in the first years of an agricultural degree is obsolete or revised by the time of graduation 4 years later. Soybean needs to continue to pursue big, bold ideas — better protein, more alternative material use (did you know that soybean is used as a material in seat cushions for cars?), bio-diesel and more. Why not solar cells grown from plants? They are researching that idea at M.I.T. – in an era of exponential science, no idea is too small!
What do you do when you are a foundry-based manufacturing organization with 125 year old processes involving metal furnaces? Align to the future, by adopting 3 pillars for innovation – lighter materials driven by science, 3D printing, and connectivity within products for predictive diagnostics. This manufacturer of ‘rail bogeys’ – the undercarriage of rail cars – knows that it needs to work hard to compete in a global economy, and adopted this line of thinking to accelerate into the future. They booked me for a keynote on these trends to kick off a senior management leadership meeting that was designed to get them started.
Fast changes in construction methodology. The continual arrival of new materials driven by fast science. The impact of robotics and artificial intelligence for assembly automation. Disruptive business models involving high-volume offsite manufacturing for ‘assembly on site’. We are seeing more change in the world of construction than we have seen over the last 100, and this organization invited me in to speak to over 1,000 members on the speed and scope of these trends – but one of countless keynotes I’ve done in this sector.
Genomics, connected medical devices, change-aggressive millennial doctors, gene therapy, hyperconnected pharmaceuticals – this leading edge healthcare association brought me in for a talk that took a look at the trends providing both opportunity and challenge for the industry going forward. The world of healthcare is faced with tremendous challenges – massive challenges with aging, cognitive brain health, an increase in lifestyle disease throughout the world, and so for all the promise of science, we need to think big and bold about the ideas that might help to provide for massive innovation in the industry.
sector going forward.
Alignex provides 3D manufacturing and engineering solutions – and given the absolutely massive acceleration of these technologies and concepts within the manufacturing sector, they invited Futurist Jim Carroll to give the opening keynote address at a major customer user group event. Jim spoke about the disruption, transformation, and
reinvention of manufacturing and why the opportunity for reinvention is so critical. Collapsing product lifecycles. Mass customization. Digitization, robotics, and the cloud. Design based on crowd thinking. Build to demand, as opposed to build to inventory, business models. The role of the Internet of Things in product innovation as well as manufacturing process innovation. Spatial innovation with advanced manufacturing robotics. New materials and substances that allow for a change in product development. Rapid prototyping, sketch to scale, and agility-based business models…. are you ready for the new world of manufacturing? That was Jim’s challenge to the audience!
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