Business models and complexity partners
November 20, 2006, BY JimCarrollWith the lifespan of knowledge collapsing, furious rates of scientific advance, and rapid new...
Managing Gen-Connect
November 18, 2006, BY JimCarrollEveryone is talking about Gen-Y. I've come to call the next generation, Gen-Connect. Their...
Accounting beyond accountability…
November 15, 2006, BY JimCarrollI'm off to Halifax, Nova Scotia today; tomorrow, I'll be the luncheon keynote speaker for an...
Is your brand from the olden days?
November 14, 2006, BY JimCarroll"A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months...." As the news media gears...
The impact of globalization
November 12, 2006, BY JimCarrollAt the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich, I took a look at the real impact of globalization -- the...
The innovation killers
November 10, 2006, BY JimCarrollAt the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich, I took a look at the attitudes, ideas and cultures which...
The new face of manufacturing : agility, insight and execution…
November 6, 2006, BY JimCarrollYesterday I gave the opening keynote for the annual manufacturers meeting of the Hearth, Patio and...
What’s your future-attitude?
November 2, 2006, BY JimCarrollThere are two types of people in the world -- those who view the future with fear, worry and...
What do you do after the world gets flat? Put a ripple in it!
October 30, 2006, BY JimCarroll"When we have this global competition where everyone is competing on price, the only way out of...
The future of sporting goods in a world of high velocity….
October 25, 2006, BY JimCarrollI'm off today to give the dinner keynote for the Sporting Goods Manucturers Association Sports and...
Your customers are high-velocity? Are you?
October 24, 2006, BY JimCarrollDoes your organization have the right stuff to deal with todays' information-empowered, globally...
“….the concept of nine-to-five will have just absolutely disappeared….”
October 18, 2006, BY JimCarrollAt this point, I've been working at home for close to eighteen years. When you've been doing...
Can you run your business at video-game intensity?
October 17, 2006, BY JimCarrollVideo game business intensity is coming to all industries. This provides some important food for...
Healthcare and medical trends
October 6, 2006, BY JimCarrollGet ready for bio-connectivity, skills wars, knowledge obsolesence and bio-informatics, not to...
Can you deal with velocity?
September 20, 2006, BY JimCarrollThe future belongs to those who are fast - that's the reality of velocity! Watch this clip with Jim...
Four Sources For Trends And Ideas …..
September 17, 2006, BY JimCarrollIt seems BusinessWeek has noticed my comments on trends, the future, and innovation. They've...
Next big home entertainment trend? Dive-in Movies!
September 16, 2006, BY JimCarrollWe're still having a bit of a stretch of warm weather, and tonight promises to be great. With...
The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association: The Future of Recreation
September 15, 2006, BY JimCarrollJim delivered a dinner keynote for dozens of CEOs of some of the world’s largest sporting...
Caterpillar: Moving Upscale – Partnership Strategies and Avoiding Commoditzation
September 11, 2006, BY JimCarrollJim addressed their global dealers meeting to provide insight into the unique and innovative...
10 Unique Characteristics of 21st Century Skills
September 7, 2006, BY JimCarrollThere's been a lot of talk about the skills crisis lately. Most of it is focused on the wrong thing...
Sporting Goods Business: “Trend Expert Will Keynote SGMA Conference”
August 21, 2006, BY JimCarrollThis press release came out mid-August while I was off busy building sandcastles....Trend...
Why innovation thrives in sandcastle building
August 8, 2006, BY JimCarrollWe're in big time summer slowdown here now for quite a few weeks ..... yet you can never stop...
10 major health care / pharmaceutical trends
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The Google Car and massive market disruption
July 21, 2006, BY JimCarrollThere are a few news stories today about Tesla Motors, which includes numerous hi-tech executives,...
What’s Next? Trends Shaping the Future of Commercial Horticulture
July 18, 2006, BY JimCarrollI've just returned from Vail after doing a keynote and workshop for the American Nursery and...
It’s summertime!
July 6, 2006, BY JimCarrollI'm working doing some research, out in the yard, next to this little fellow --now known as...
It’s summer — and it’s in to be out!
July 5, 2006, BY JimCarrollForgive me if you've seen me recycle this post, but it's a good trend overview. It's...
The future of snowboarding and skiing
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Bio-engineered body parts, the Cold Store and personalized medicine….
June 27, 2006, BY JimCarrollI'm doing a very futuristic talk tomorrow for a major health care company; I'll be talking...
How do you sell the future to people who have no interest in it?
June 7, 2006, BY JimCarrollThere have been dozens of keynotes through the last few months. All kinds of industries;...
Racine County, Wisconsin — something *big* is happening here….
June 2, 2006, BY JimCarrollI did a keynote the other night for the Racine County Economic Development Corporate, located...
Fiber to the home keynote
June 2, 2006, BY JimCarrollIndustry Luminaries Keynote the 2006 FTTH Conference & Expo in October This release has...
Denmark TV interview — Brand image in a low cost economy
May 26, 2006, BY JimCarrollWow! Where did May go? I had keynotes for a huge number of different companies and associations,...
What makes for corporate agility?
April 28, 2006, BY JimCarrollIn a recent presentation and Profit article, I focused on how organizations and leaders must...
Hyper-boomers, Gen-Connect and Manure Managers
April 27, 2006, BY JimCarrollOne of the most pressing challenges yet to come will be the massive workplace and skills...
What’s your agility
April 26, 2006, BY JimCarrollI spent the day in Pasadena with, and did a keynote for, the Disney Consumer Products group; this...
Financial industry clients
April 17, 2006, BY JimCarrollSome background on the work I've done in this area Partial Client List - Banking and Finance...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): The Future of Media
March 30, 2006, BY JimCarrollThe BBC had Jim in for two keynotes focused on the future of broadcasting and...
Article – “Get on top of rapid change”
March 28, 2006, BY JimCarrollFrom my most recent ProfitGuide article: "If your company culture doesn't embrace agility,...



























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