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Article: Futurist Says “Fast & Furious” Changes Coming to Manufacturing

October 6, 2017 by JimCarroll

The folks at New Equipment Digest interviewed me a few weeks back for an article on manufacturing, ahead of a major keynote I had earlier this month.

You’ll have a 50-year old guy or lady in the factory, and you bring these tools to help streamline processes and they say, “Oh my God! This is terrible that can take my job away. I’m done; I’m toast.” And somebody in their 20’s is going to say, “cool.” It’s a much more agile workforce, much more willing to try new things.

It’s but one talk I do in this sector; on Monday, I’ll headline the International Asset Management Council on future manufacturing trends. They’re the folks from Fortune 1000 organizations who make the decisions on where to locate future factories, logistics locations and supply chain investments.

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Futurist Says “Fast & Furious” Changes Coming to Manufacturing

Forget your Magic 8-Ball or fancy-schmancy predictive analytics. Futurist Jim Carroll knows what lies ahead for manufacturing and technology, and we have the scoop for you here. Bet you didn’t see that coming.
John Hitch | Sep 21, 2017

Jim Carroll, a former accountant and current author/corporate speaker, is confident he knows what’s going to happen in the world of manufacturing. And the world renowned Canadian futurist doesn’t need a flux capacitor or any other sci-fi MacGuffin to make bold claims in front of millions about what technologies they need to adopt now, and what the world will look like for our children after we’re rocketed to our Martian retirement homes — where our corpses will no doubt be used as fertilizer for space yams. (You’re welcome, Elon.)

Daily Inspiration: “Sometimes, to be the best you can be, you need the support of a great partner!”

October 6, 2017 by JimCarroll

“Sometimes, to be the best you can be, you need the support of a great partner!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

30 years ago today, a young woman met a guy – he smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day, drank too much, didn’t have the faintest idea of what exercise was, ate junk food, and babbled nonsense about some strange online technology that would change the world.

For some strange reason, she accepted his offer to buy a ticket on an Oktoberfest trip — he had bought 75 tickets and had rented a bus, and was desperately trying to break even. She went on the trip 2 days later, and for some reason, found him to be of interest.

A romance bloomed, a marriage happened, and 2 wonderful children arrived. Today, miraculously, she is still with him, through better and worse, and travels the world with him…. Happy anniversary Christa!

Daily Inspiration: “The most important trends are probably the ones you have never heard of!”

October 5, 2017 by JimCarroll

“The most important trends are probably the ones you have never heard of!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

“Such as, spatial data bubbles! You are living in a few right now; you’ll live in many more of them, and your day to day activities will be determined by what you do in them!

Including, for example, how well you exercise.

What are they? Learn about them in my blog post, “Spatial data bubbles Are Going to Be a Big Part of Your Life: And Why You Need to Know What They Are!”

Report on a Keynote: Keeping Up With Fast Customers!

October 5, 2017 by JimCarroll

Last week, I was the opening keynote speaker for the annual SOMOS Toll-Free Users Summit – it’s the annual conference for the folks involved in the 1-800 industry. Obviously, there was a big focus on the issues of customer support and interaction, and my keynote took a look at those trends.

They’ve just run a blog post that captured one of the key themes in my keynote : that is, how do we keep up with the fact that consumer and customer demands are changing faster than ever before!

Keeping Up With Fast Customers!
SOMOS Conference Report, October 2017

Remember the Jetsons? Their lives in 2062 seemed like a dream — self-flying cars, automated home appliances, virtual reality shopping. But today, we’re already starting to live that dream, almost 50 years early.

Daily Inspiration: “Are you thinking fast enough?”

October 4, 2017 by JimCarroll

“Are you thinking fast enough?” – Futurist Jim Carroll

From my keynote yesterday for 500 CEO’s and senior execs at the Edge Forum in Vancouver. My talk focused on “The 20 Trends Driving the Era of Acceleration and Disruption”

Keynote: McKay CEO Forum, Vancouver, Canada – Disruption and innovation

October 3, 2017 by JimCarroll

Imagine a room full of 300 CEO’s and senior executives, and you get the McKay CEO Forum, one of the pre-eminent senior level events in Western Canada. I did a wide ranging talk on the theme of disruption and industry transformation, putting into perspective the stark trends that are impacting and reshaping every industry at a furious pace.

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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAST features the best of the insight from Jim Carroll’s blog, in which he covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAST features the best of the insight from Jim Carroll’s blog, in which he
covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.