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Article: Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage

April 26, 2017 by JimCarroll

IBM’s Think Marketing blog found my site, and interviewed me on some of my thoughts around innovation and culture. Give it a read!

Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage
by Jennifer Goforth Gregory, IBM Think Marketing Blog

Sometimes, you wake up and it feels like it became spring overnight. But when you stop to think about it, the change of seasons happened gradually over the course of a few weeks, and you missed the subtle signs. The daffodils started blooming last month. You started leaving the house without a coat. And, last week, you noticed a few trees sporting light green leaves.

Keynote: Exelon Nuclear, Baltimore, MD – The Future and Disruption of the Utility and Energy Sector

April 25, 2017 by JimCarroll

My talks don’t just involve events on massive stages in Las Vegas : I also do an ever increasing number of small, hands on working sessions with small groups of executives.

In that context, I was approach by this major energy company to come in and spend a morning with their nuclear division, with a particular focus on the “future of energy.”

Given the audience background, I literally had a room with a whole bunch of nuclear engineers! A good example of the unique type of topics that I take on through my process of detailed customization.

Daily Inspiration: “It is what it is. But what will be will be, doesn’t really have to be, if you choose to change the outcome of your future!”

April 25, 2017 by JimCarroll

“It is what it is. But what will be doesn’t really have to be, if you choose to change the outcome of your future!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

Daily Inspiration: “The future will happen to all of us. It’s what you do with that fact which will determine its outcome!”

April 24, 2017 by JimCarroll

“The future will happen to all of us. It’s what you do with that fact which will determine it’s outcome!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

Daily Inspiration: “It’s better to have a kaleidoscope of ideas than to live a life in monochrome!”

April 21, 2017 by JimCarroll

“It’s better to have a kaleidoscope of ideas than to live a life in monochrome!” – Futurist Jim Carroll.

“Many people live a life of sameness, and never manage to bust out of the routine. It’s only by thinking of the big, crazy ideas that you can bring some colour and variety to your routine!’’

Keep Up with the Speed of Change: Future Trends in the Speaking Industry

April 21, 2017 by JimCarroll

I work with many of the world’s leading bureaus, one of who is the Washington Speakers Bureau. They represent such people as Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Kerry, Magic Johnson, Terry Bradshaw — global political, sports and other leaders. They’ve just run a blog post that I wrote on trends in the speaking industry. (Many of the worlds leading bureaus book me ; not only Washington Speakers, but also National Speakers Bureau / Global Speakers; Gail Davis & Associates; Leading Authorities; the Harry Walker Agency; Keppler Speakers ; Executive Speakers and many more!)

You can’t open a newspaper without seeing an article on the impact of ‘disruption.’ We now live in a period of unprecedented change in which your business model and the assumptions by which you operate are set to be forever disrupted.

In my own case, I spend a tremendous amount of time with different organizations in a vast range of different industries and professions, helping executives to understand and respond to the disruptive forces around them. And in the last several years, I’ve noticed some pretty significant changes in the speaking industry as organizations struggle with disruption.

If you are someone on your team responsible for organizing corporate or association meetings, you need to think about and react to the trends and forces at work. Quite simply, change is occurring several ways: with the speed with which speakers and topic experts are being booked, the topic areas that insight is being sought for, and the short time frames that everyone is working within.

As a speaker who focuses on how to link trends and innovation, my tag-line has become ‘the future belongs to those who are fast.”

The world is speeding up – and organizations need to respond faster

Consider the changes that everyone is impacted by today. Business model disruption. The rapid emergence of new competitors. The challenging impact of social media. Products that are almost out of date by the time they are brought to market. The digitization of everything and the impact of the Internet of Things. All of these trends — and more — require that organizations pick up the pace when it comes to their strategies, actions and innovation efforts.

JimCarroll

Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage by Jennifer Goforth Gregory, IBM Think Marketing Blog

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Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage
by Jennifer Goforth Gregory, IBM Think Marketing Blog

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.