“Your fear of change might be the real elephant in the room!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Yes, I had an elephant on stage with me. I’m not sure why, but I made the most of it! This shot was from an HR conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
by JimCarroll
“Your fear of change might be the real elephant in the room!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Yes, I had an elephant on stage with me. I’m not sure why, but I made the most of it! This shot was from an HR conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
by JimCarroll
“If you carefully study the show, you realize that the Jetsons even predicted Snapchat – as in the episode when Jane could easily change her face!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
‘’ I’ve never had more fun on stage then when I’m talking about the Jetsons – so much of what was predicted in the show has come true! I’ve even turned it into a keynote topic: “The Jetsons have Arrived 50 Years Early – What Are You Going to Do About It?”
It’s a good, fun but serious way to get across to folks that we live in an era of acceleration, and that the future is going to arrive sooner than you think.
By the way, my kids won’t let me use Snapchat. I guess I’m too old, and not cool.
by JimCarroll
This agricultural company is the largest global supplier of French fries to McDonalds and other food companies, as well as being very active in other aspects of the industry. This was a team leadership meeting as well, with individuals from throughout the organization – marketing, product development, legal, finance and accounting, supply chain and more. They invited me in to speak to over 400 executives about key trends that will impact them in the future, including the accelerated pace of agricultural science, changing consumer behaviour, faster marketing and brand challenges, and other similar topics.
by JimCarroll
“Innovation is a team sport. The playbook is collaboration!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
by JimCarroll
It was a busy year for keynotes in the manufacturing space! This talk was for Legrands North American leadership meeting, where the CEO and his team fine tune strategies and plans for the coming year. They’re big in the global tech industry, manufacturing a wide variety of component parts and cabling. My talk took a look at key trends providing opportunity in the manufacturing process, including the factory of the future, the Internet of Things, digitization, 3D printing, accelerated supply chains and much more.
by JimCarroll
“Focus. Faster.” – Futurist Jim Carroll
My personal trainer got mad at me last week during a workout.
First time. I forgive her.
She was trying to get me to do some routine to fire some muscles in some sequence that would have me in a certain position to get me to …… I drifted off. There was something going on, over on the other side of the gym. She had to get my attention back. Sometimes, we need to be certain in our method.
Have I lost your attention already? Look here – I’m typing to you!
One of the most challenging issues in the era of acceleration is that we have no attention span left. When I was preparing for two talks for Godiva on the future of retail, I dug out research that suggests that the typical goldfish has a longer attention span than a human. Go figure. Everywhere in the world of business, we are having to struggle simply to get 5 seconds of attention from a potential customer.
The lack of focus doesn’t occur just with attention spans – it can occur with our strategies, which in the era of disruption, can become muddied, scattershot, without clarity. I’ve seen too many organizaitons with innovation strategies that are all over the place – when they should just be trying to do one thing.
Focus is also a challenge with any sport. Today, I will do one thing – I will find a spot on the golf ball. I will stare at it. I will be relentless in my focus on it. And you know what will happen? I’ll hit it well. It will go straight. It will be razor like in its accuracy. Or, maybe not.
At my home golf course, one of our Pros operates under the name “Focus Golf Group.” The choice of the name has more to do than simply staring at a golf ball – his entire life has been spent in the pursuit of focus. He’s pretty darned good at it. Being relentlessly focused has its benefits.
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