“A futurist is a different type of personal trainer — I’m here to exercise your mind, and to give your imagination an intense workout!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Keynote: Allegacy Credit Union, Winston-Salem, North Carolina – The Future of Financial Services
The CEO saw me speak last year at an event in Chicago on the trends impacting and disrupting the financial services sector, and so she decided to invite me in for a working session with their regular Board of Directors meeting.
It sort of expanded from there, and I ended up speaking to a room of about 50, consisting of the Board, key leadership executives and a few community leaders.
I don’t have a stage shot, since it was held in the main meeting room at the Wake Forest University football stadium — but did get this shot before I began.
It’s been a busy time for me with talks in the credit union industry — just two days ago, I spent 3 hours with the Board of a major Canadian credit union on similar issues of disruption.
Daily Inspiration: “It’s better to change before you can’t”
“It’s better to change before you can’t” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Daily Inspiration: “Wishful thinking is not a strategy for success”
“Wishful thinking is not a strategy for success” – Futurist Jim Carroll
I find that many people don’t make the real effort for the significant change that is required for innovation and the pursuit of new ideas!
You can’t just wish the future — you have to make it!
Article: Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage
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.
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Keynote: Exelon Nuclear, Baltimore, MD – The Future and Disruption of the Utility and Energy Sector
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.
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