34 Books. 1.5 Million Copies. One Remarkable Publishing Adventure. And We’re Just Getting Started
November 2, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom an eight-week writing marathon in 1993 to a national bestseller, decades of books, and the...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #23: Build a Hype Filter
November 2, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
Behind the Books: A New Chapter for Oblio Press and a Long-Overdue Tribute to Christa
October 31, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've just relaunched OblioPress.com. On the surface, it's a new home for the books published...
From the Stage: Legacy Doesn’t Matter
October 30, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage Opening the EY National Tax Conference in Montreal, I described what I hear in...
I’ve Spent 33 Years Watching Crazy Ideas Become Ordinary. Here’s What I’ve Learned.
October 30, 2026, BY JimCarrollThe greatest mistake in predicting the future isn’t getting the technology wrong. It’s...
Keynote Case Study: M200 — Managing the Disruptive Potential of Artificial Intelligence
October 30, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor M200’s invitation-only audience of senior risk and legal managers from Fortune 500 and...
Keynote Case Study: East Penn Manufacturing — AI in the Future of Manufacturing
October 30, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor East Penn Manufacturing, Jim Carroll looked at how AI, automation and digital systems are...
I Would Rather Have Questions That Can’t Be Answered
October 30, 2026, BY JimCarrollThan answers that can't be questioned. That's the crossroads every curious mind eventually stands...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #22: Know Your Two Types of Farmers
October 30, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: Forget the MBA. Get a Master’s in Business Imagination
October 29, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage Speaking to a dental audience for Cain Watters & Associates, I pushed back on...
Keynote Case Study: ICON PLC — AI and Accelerated Clinical Trials
October 29, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor ICON PLC, Jim Carroll explored how AI, data, science and digital infrastructure are reshaping...
Keynote Case Study: The Home Depot — Employee Health Was Becoming Predictive, Connected and Personalized
October 29, 2026, BY JimCarrollJim Carroll spoke to The Home Depot’s U.S. Benefits Leadership Team, responsible for the...
Keynote Report: When the Vehicle Changes, the Risk Changes. The Automotive Warranty Business Must Change With It.
October 29, 2026, BY JimCarrollA look inside a customized executive foresight briefing for iA Financial Group – Automotive, and...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #21: Kill Your Sacred Traditions
October 29, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: The Era of Acceleration
October 28, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage At the World Government Summit in Dubai, I opened with the most important thing...
The Jobs of 2036: Nine Careers That Will Emerge as Risk, AI and Governance Are Reinvented
October 28, 2026, BY JimCarrollWhat happens to your profession when machines can make decisions, rewrite their own controls,...
Keynote Case Study: Verisk: The End Of Reality Changed The Fraud Game.
October 28, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt the Verisk Insurance Fraud Management Summit in Houston, I explored how artificial intelligence,...
Keynote Case Study: YPO Gold Houston — Leadership in the Acceleration of AI
October 28, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor YPO Gold Houston, Jim Carroll explored the acceleration of AI through a leadership lens. The...
From Excuses to Execution
October 28, 2026, BY JimCarrollOne mindset stalls. The other accelerates. Same person, same desk, completely different...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #20: Don’t Be Motorola
October 28, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: There Are No Barriers to Change
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage This was one of my opening moments, set to music, and it captures what I believe...
Keynote Case Study: Canadian Petrochemical Summit — The Era of Acceleration
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollThe Canadian petrochemical industry operates at the intersection of some of the most complex...
Keynote Case Study: KPMG Ireland: AI Megatrends. Opportunity And Disruption.
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt KPMG Ireland’s leadership meeting in Dublin, I spoke to more than 1,100 professional staff...
Leadership Insight: The Real Danger for Your Right Now Is Making a 2027 Decision With a 2017 Mental Model
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollHere's what I've come to realize with my last set of keynotes: the next great leadership crisis...
The O-Ring Moment
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollA single physicist, a glass of ice water, and an O-ring explained why the Challenger disaster...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #26: Escape Mediocrity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #19: Know Which of the Three People You Are
October 27, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: The Dive-In Movie
October 26, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage One summer, with the kids running out of things to do, I set up an LCD projector...
Keynote Case Study: Vermont Captive Insurance Association — The Acceleration of Risk
October 26, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt the Vermont Captive Insurance Association's annual conference, Jim Carroll challenged...
Keynote Case Study: WorldSkills — The Half-Life of a Skill
October 26, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor WorldSkills, Jim Carroll explored one of the defining themes of the modern economy: the...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #25: The Collapse of Time — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 26, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
The Future of AI Is Hitting a Copper Wall. The Answer Is Light.
October 26, 2026, BY JimCarrollTwenty-six years ago, I wrote about a future in which manipulating photons would transform the...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #18: Audit Yourself for Idea-Killing, Daily
October 26, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: Upside-Down Innovation
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage When I spent time with Disney, they described how their old innovation model...
Keynote Case Study: Kwik Fit — The Shop Floor Was Changing as Fast as the Car
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers in Birmingham, Jim Carroll framed the future of...
Keynote Case Study: Protein Industries Canada — Think Bigger About the Future of Food
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollProtein Industries Canada brought Jim Carroll to Saskatoon as the closing keynote speaker for its...
A Kitchen Floor Covered in Broken Spaghetti, That’s Unique Thinking
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollNobody puts "played with pasta for three hours" on a resume. But that kind of pointless...
The Anti-Manual and the Playbook
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollLaugh at the habits that hold you back. Learn the moves that take you forward. That's the...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #24: Trust Capital — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #17: Ask the Tough Questions
October 23, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...












































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