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On stage for the PGA!

I was privileged and honored to be the opening keynote speaker for the 94th Annual General ...

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Keynote: PGA of America Annual Meeting – Future Trends for the Golf Industry

Jim Carroll delivered the keynote presentation at the PGA of America Annual Meeting in November...

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Keynote: Informatica Executive Summit – Aligning Yourself for Growth Through Innovation

Jim Carroll was the keynote speaker at the Informatica Executive Summit in November 2010,...

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Trending: 10 Major Trends to Start Thinking About Now!

  [caption id="attachment_9226" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Hundreds of thousands have...

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Video: What do world class innovators do?

Each year, Deloitte South Africa presents their annual "Best Companies to Work For In South Africa"...

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“You can’t be a futurist and a pessimist!”

Yesterday I spoke to several thousand people as the closing keynote speaker for the 2010...

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Produce Marketing Association, Orlando – The Future of Food: Fresh, Fast, Frequent!

This is the trade organization that represents all that good stuff you are supposed to eat -...

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Healthcare 2020: The Transformative Trends That Will REALLY Define Our Future

A new keynote topic was put to my many speakers bureaus partners today, based on some of the...

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Bold beats old, fast beats big, and other key issues

It was a busy September, with keynotes and leadership events for the likes of PPG, the Utah...

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Innovation? Think like a farmer!

Welcome to the folks from FarmSecure - Great to see you here! Over the last fifteen years as a...

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Video on innovation – take risks!

A quick little video hit on innovation from Las Vegas. If you want to innovate, you must take...

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MHA

Jim Carroll was invited to keynote the Minnesota Hospital Association's Annual Meeting, held...

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PPG, Pittsburgh : Aligning to the Reality of the World of Edge-Driven R&D

What's the future of research & development? That's what the global paints, coatings and...

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Product lifecycles

Product lifecycle 2.0 and the era of instant obsolescence

This graph represents the model of product life cycles as taught in business schools for the last,...

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Utah League of Cities & Towns, Salt Lake City : Driving the Future of Economic Development

What do you get when you bring 700 mayors and elected officials for small, medium and large sized...

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Back to work, back to innovation

It's the first day of school and my family is busy getting back to work and school and life in...

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Why innovation thrives in the building of sandcastles

I'm now into a bit of a slow stretch for some summer; postings here will be slow for a...

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Video: The collapse (and end?) of product life-cycles

At the recent Consumer Electronics Association CEO summit in Ojai, CA, I focused on how social...

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The 10 Most Important Innovation-Themed Rock Documentaries of All Time!

With all the keynotes I do, I spend a huge amount of time on airplanes -- and often end up going...

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Consumer Electronics Association CEO Summit: Brand Innovation At the Speed of Twitter.

Jim put into perspective the impact of social networks upon branding, consumer relationships...

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Consumers Electronic Association CEO Summit, Ojai, CA : Brand Innovation At the Speed of Twitter!

Life is weird when *you* are asked to keynote one of the worlds' largest technology organizations -...

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What are retailers worried about? Consumer interaction and location!

I just came from giving a keynote for the annual conference of a major customer loyalty...

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Keynote: PMA Fresh Summit General Session – Are You Guilty of Future Crimes? Innovation in Fresh Produce

Jim Carroll delivered the general session keynote at the Produce Marketing Association’s...

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The Masters in Business Imagination Degree!

With a lot of university graduations and commencements, it might be a good moment and pause to...

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“We shop faster” – the new fast world of retail, food and consumer products

Here's a summary of my observations from a keynote I did in New York City for retailers, agencies,...

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Careers End – CNN’s cluelessness on the jobless recovery

This is a long post. Way back in 1997, I wrote a book called "Surviving the Information Age."...

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Kids today: 53 hours each week in front of a screen!

Kids today spend some 7.5 hours a day engaged with some type of media; with with multitasking,...

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Article: Learning for a living

Here's my June CAMagazine column, about a new initiative that I have underway in my...

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Video : What do innovative organizations do?

What do innovative organizations do? They re-orient themselves for an economy in which their...

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Business velocity and “things from the olden days”

Way back from about 1999 to 2005, I would often talk on stage about "things from the olden days."...

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“Whoah, dude, what happened?”

Are you surrounded by people who simply don't "get it?" Who are oblivious, blind, completely...

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Innovation: “We need to suck less!”

I'll often be lined up for a conversation with the CEO of a client organization when I'm...

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Trend: Short, sharp shocks of strategic insight

I was in Baltimore last week, where I was the opening keynote speaker for the 2010 Passkey...

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Article: “Re-energize your association!”

by Jim Carroll From: The Boardroom, a publication for Association Executives Every...

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Coping with Ketchup: Innovating in a Fast World!

Today, I'm speaking at a leadership meeting for HJ Heinz in Pittsburgh. I wrote this article...

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The big secrets of innovative organizations!

I've been quite priviliged through the years to be able to observe, within my global blue chip...

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When Silicon Valley Takes Over Your Innovation Agenda!

What happens when Silicon Valley takes over the innovation agenda within an industry? In this video...

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What’s your tin can?

Have you been to your local grocery store as of late? Have you seen the StarKist Tuna plastic...

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10 surefire ways to destroy innovative thinking

With all the upcoming leadership events and keynotes that I have on my schedule, I'm on a pretty...

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What Pat Boone’s App Says About the Future of Branding!

Here's an article that I wrote for the spring issue of Marketline, for the BCAMA. Some good...

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