Futurist Jim Carroll, Keynote Speaker: Disruptive Trend & Innovation Expert

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Keynote: United Soybean Board, St. Louis – The Future of Agriculture and Farming

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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I observed that we are in a situation in which 1/2 of what we learn in the first years of an agricultural degree is obsolete or revised by the time of graduation 4 years later.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!

Amsted Rail, St. Louis, MO – Additive, Materials, IOT and Manufacturing

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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.

 

Keynote: American Concrete Institute, Philadalphia, Penn – The Future of The Construction Industry

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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.

Keynote: American Health Care Association, Phoenix, Arizona – The Transformative Trends of Healthcare 2025

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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.

Keynote: Association of High Tech Distributors, Sonoma, CA – Aligning Opportunity in the Era of the Internet of Things

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So if you are selling a product, but is transforms into some highly-connected, intelligent, Internet-of-Thing device, then the nature of your selling proposition needs to change. This association represents companies that sell a vast array of hi-tech products, and they had me deliver a keynote looking at the vast, disruptive trends occurring in the IoT era – and how it will challenge their sales role in the process!

Keynote: AEA Investors, Colorado Springs, Colorado – What Comes Next? An Inside Looks at Equity Investing

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Over the years, I’ve done quite a few talks for investment groups – equity investors seeking insight on the dramatic changes occurring in the economy so that they might assess and evaluate their next investment decisions in light of disruptive growth trends. In this case, I spoke to the leadership team as well as the CEO’s of the key companies they were invested in, providing insight into where we would see the next wave of big growth opportunities emerge.

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