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"Believe that you can so that you know you will do!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great...

The construction industry has an AI problem. It is not a lack of interest. It is the...

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"Your future should always begin with your wildest imagination!" - Futurist Jim...

At the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis, I spent my...

"AI? It’s a creativity steroid!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Smart creative types are quickly...

"The future is going to happen to all of us. It’s what YOU do with that fact that matters!" -...

"Contradictory uncertainty is your new normal!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's a balancing act...

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"Never accept for a moment their suggestion that you won't succeed!" - Futurist Jim...

"Create more happy!" - Futurist Jim Carroll In just about two weeks, I'll be headed to Abu...

"Do things!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Never fall into the trap of saying “I could have done...

For the Great Lakes Construction Associations, Jim Carroll focused on what is real — and what is...

At X/SPECS 2024, Jim Carroll opened the event for retail executives, store planners, designers,...

"Sometimes the trends you think you need to be thinking about aren’t the ones you should be...

"Be grateful, eh?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Being Canadian, it's our Thanksgiving today, but...

"Every single trend is both an existential threat and a transformative opportunity at the same...

"Enthusiasm matters!" - Futurist Jim Carroll You've got to bring enthusiasm to your...

"Innovation? Fix things faster!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most unappreciated trends...

At the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis, Jim Carroll...

"Be the person who sees the solutions, not the one who only identifies the problems!" - Futurist...

When I returned to ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership summit in Charlotte, the conversation about AI...

"See differently and you'll innovate brilliantly!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Most people see a...

"Committees are an infrastructure designed to race you to the bottom of opportunity!" - Futurist...

"Take pride in your losses because they teach you about your wins!" - Futurist Jim...

"The soul of this new machine is moving faster than your imagination!" - Futurist Jim...

"‘Your time is gonna’ come’ need not be your epitaph!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Innovate...

"Reality always trumps wishful thinking!" - Futurist Jim Carroll There's a reality gap. A...

"Do the hard things" - Futurist Jim Carroll How many times do you say to yourself, "I'll do...

"If you keep chasing motivation instead of chasing trends, you're doing tomorrow all wrong!" -...

"Prove them wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Your life is often defined by a series of...

I was in Birmingham with roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers for a keynote about the rapidly...

"Aligning to tomorrow? You’ll succeed when you get beyond a series of awful decisions driven by...

"Any idea worth growing should always be planted!" - Futurist Jim Carroll From small ideas,...

At ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership summit in Charlotte, Jim Carroll focused on the practical...

"Regret: It's that thing you'll live with if you never do the things you should have tried to do!"...