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"Don't make resolutions. Make transformations" - Futurist Jim...

Some years back as the year drew to a close, I wrote a blog post, "10 Great Words." The...

“Surround yourself with optimists. Always ignore the pessimists” - Futurist Jim...

“The only thing worse than a bad idea is having no idea at all” - Futurist Jim...

“Think fast. Act faster!” - Futurist  Jim...

“In 2017, organizations will have to figure out how to innovate and move forward in a new era of...

"If you can't find a way forward, image a new one" - Futurist  Jim...

“If you feel boxed in on this day, bust out of it!” - Futurist Jim...

“Snowmen are role models for being positive despite long odds” - Futurist Jim...

“Don’t fear the future. Change it!” - Futurist Jim...

Politics dominates the world of healthcare. When that happens, people tend to lose sight of the...

A little video clip from my keynote for the PGA - think about what happened when golf carts were...

“Optimism is oxygen” - Futurist Jim...

Here's my favourite quote from 2016. It comes from Tesla Motors, and hence, Elon Musk, in a SEC...

For New York Life's year-end town hall, I delivered a forward-looking keynote built around my theme...

“Amazon may be really good at same day delivery - but Santa has long mastered the complex...

“In the high velocity economy, the opportunity cost of slow is simply staggering” - Futurist...

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"A suggestion box? That's the best way to trivialize the concept of innovation!" - Jim...

We live in terrifying times! Terrifying headlines! We're all going to lose our jobs! The...

While I find myself doing keynotes in Las Vegas, Orlando and Phoenix for audiences of up to...

So ... there's lots of talk about the future of jobs, careers, automation, the disappearance...

"The Wall Street Journal just reported that we're out of big ideas. I don't believe it's true at...

“If you don’t golf, do this: try to win the ‘most honest golfers’ team award at your next...

Some people really don't understand what a unique career a futurist like me has. Every once in...

I'm cleaning up from some of the research that went into my recent talk for the United Soybean...

"The best thing about yesterday is that it's in then past. The greatest thing about the future -...

This was my final event of the year, just two days ago, and it was just plain fun! It was an...

“You know you have a serious problem when people laugh at your new ideas!” - Futurist Jim...

As the wild year of 2016 draws to a close, and 2017 arrives, what can you expect in the coming...

For as long as there has been the future, there have been people who don't like it. Ogden Nash...

I do a *lot* of talks for agricultural organizations, both associations as well as...

“The thing about experience is that it only comes around after you really need it!” - Futurist...

Essentially, agriculture is about science, and science is exponentiating. Essentially, agriculture...

“If you don’t do it today, when are you going to do it?” - Futurist Jim...

In December 2016, Jim Carroll addressed approximately 300 soybean farmers at a United Soybean...

Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired, coined a very popular phrase : "The future happens...

I've always liked the children's book series which involved Curious George and the Man in the...

In the next two weeks, I'll have two unique keynotes to close off the year: a keynote for...

In my keynotes, I often talk about how the rate of change -- whether with business models,...