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Election fraud in the future

October 22, 2003 by JimCarroll

I’ve just caught on to this story, which seems to have been going on for a while, in which it is alleged that the company that makes a significant number of US computerized voting machines have significant security risks. A group of people are fighting to ensure that the story stays out there, regardless of the legal threats.

Imagine a not too distant future — if you don’t like the potential winner, hire a hacker to change the results. Reading these documents make this unlikely scenario all too real.

“That’s from the olden days, daddy!”

October 21, 2003 by JimCarroll

I’ve started writing a bi-weekly column for the online newsletter of an association of “association executives.” My first column — “10 Things My Kids Think Are From the Olden Days” — a reflection on the rate of change. Read it here .

Department of Defense keynote

October 20, 2003 by JimCarroll

Next week, I’ll provide the opening keynote for the US Department of Defense DoD Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition, being held in
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, hosted by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logisitcs and Material Readiness.) These are the folks who contribute and manage effective DoD maintenance operations; build and manage one of the most sophsiticated supply chains in the world; and who played a significant role in Iraq. In the face of great challenge, they’ve done a tremendous job — but it is always a challenge to continue to improve. They are being swept by new initiatives involving logistics and maintenance management — and hence are faced with a need for dramatic transformation. I’ll focus on the issues of change, innovation and mindset in a motivational keynote that will kick-off this conference, attended by 600+ representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

Apple’s sense of humor

October 16, 2003 by JimCarroll

Apple announced iTunes for Windows today (everyone knows that) but you might not have seen what they did with their home page. [ bigger image ]

A reference to the fact that many music industry executives, blinded to the demands of their customers, never thought they’d see legal downloading sites go mainstream, and that they’d always sell CD’s in plastic for $20+?

Apple innovates. The music industry is innovating a bit, but still not much. Hat’s off to Apple!

A keynote for the American Federation of Teachers

October 16, 2003 by JimCarroll

I’ll be keynoting the semi-annual American Federation of Teachers technology conference in Washington on Friday, December 5th in Washington. The theme of the conference is “Leaders: Energize to Organize & Mobilize–Let IT Empower YOU!” My keynote will focus on unionism in the digital age — how can unions empower themselves, reach out to the grass roots, mobilize members and the public — in effecting how to transform a union into a real-time, collaborative organization of the future!

Nomadic workers….

October 15, 2003 by JimCarroll

It’s Small Business Week. Here’s an interesting stat spotted in the New Zealand Herald-Tribune today:

“A recent survey undertaken by Home Business New Zealand, in association with Unitec’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, found 15 per cent of respondents were engaged in exporting to some degree, 5 per cent indicated over 90 per cent of their revenue came from outside New Zealand, and another 7 per cent said up to 30 per cent of their business was international.”

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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.