Wow! Where did May go?
I had keynotes for a huge number of different companies and associations, ranging from appraisers to broadcasters to motor vehicle dealers ….
Somewhere along the way, I did an interview on the national news for Denmarks’s TV2 on the issue of how companies might survive the global low cost economy.
There’s a short snippet of the interview you can watch online.
In a recent presentation and Profit article, I focused on how organizations and leaders must incorporate four key capabilities: agility, insight, innovation, and execution.
The corporate agility concept is perhaps the most critical: organizations must presume that the rate of change today is so fast that product lifecycles are collapsing, business models are relentlessly shifting, and customers are unforgiving and fleeting.
Agility implies that we must innovate and adapt based on rapidly changing circumstances, on a continuous basis.
How do we do that? By adopting several key guiding principles that form the basis for all corporate strategy and activities going forward:
To me, that’s what agility is all about.
One of the most pressing challenges yet to come will be the massive workplace and skills issues that organizations are going to have to manage — a widely age-diverse workplace, completely different career expectations, and a significant skills shortage due to rapid knowledge growth.
There are a bunch of upcoming keynotes where I’m focusing on these issues for major clients. This morning, I wrote up the session description for one conference brochure.
It’s a fascinating topic, full of challenges — and I have quite a bit of fun with my audiences on this one!
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Join international futurist, trends & innovation expert Jim Carroll
as he explores some of the biggest challenges facing organizations
today. With the coming “end of retirement,” most companies will come
to realize they’ll need a lot of telephones with big buttons for
members the 70+ folks who are still a part of their workforce — and
a lot of innovative workplace practices as well. That’s but one
challenge — the arrival of “Gen-Connect” — the kids who have been
wired with a mouse since birth — will lead to the question of
whether “good luck” will be the only possible response to the
question of “Managing Gen-Y.” This workplace weirdness will only be
compounded by the ongoing rapid evolution of knowledge and skills,
such that most organizations will find it impossible to find the
highly specialized skills needed in the economy of the future. Are we
really in an economy in which there is an emerging profession of
folks known as “manure managers?” You bet — and it’s all part of the
unique issues that companies must begin thinking about today. Jim’s
recent clients include such global organizations as Disney, the BBC,
DaimlerChrylser, Nestle, Caterpillar, and the US Army Corps of
Engineers. Join Jim as he shares his insight into the trends that you
already faced with, and the innovative and creative ways that you can
come to grips with the depth of the challenges ahead.
I spent the day in Pasadena with, and did a keynote for, the Disney Consumer Products group; this is the business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand to merchandise ranging from apparel, toys, home décor, and books to interactive games, food and beverages, stationery, electronics and animation art.
We had a good, long look at future trends in retail, the emerging consumer of the future, and how agility, insight, and execution are critical leadership capabilities that are needed in a time of rapid change.
This is one of many talks I’ve done with a consumer product or entertainment companies in the last while; folks are realizing that the rapid challenges emerging in the retail sector globally need to be met head-on.
Some background on the work I’ve done in this area
Partial Client List – Banking and Finance Clients
International Financial Executies Conference • American Community Banker Association • US Farm Credit Cooperative • Fidelity Bank (Cayman) Ltd. • DataCard • AICPA • Credit Union Management Association • Electronic Transaction Association . Insurance Institute of Canada • IREV (Swedish Accounting Association) • Investment Funds Institute of Canada • KPMG • Deloitte’s • E*Trade • Financial Management Institute • Great West Life • Price Waterhouse • RBC Financial Group • Society of Management Accountants • Treasury Management Association • US Committee on State Taxation • VISA . American Express • CIBC World Markets • BMO Financial Group • Credit Union Directors Association • Financial Management Institute • GBC Asset Management • TDBank
Focus areas
. business case issues, particularly with distribution channels – broker/agents/sales agents/staff . kickoff / keynote for staff/broker/agent events . sales force training and motivation . innovation — new business models, exploiting new opportunities in the financial industry . Top 500 sales conferences — encouraging your top producers to adapt to the future . a industry specific look to the future . spurring broker/agent/staff distribution channels to adopt new business systems put in place by a financial organization . a look to the future — a futurists view of the financial service industry
Financial Industry Highlights
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