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An Eclectic Creativity & Innovation Video Playlist!

Inspire yourself! Think...

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Daily Inspiration: “You can’t solve a problem with the same mistake that caused it!”

"You can't solve a problem with the same mistake that caused it!" - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Build for your future, not your past!”

“Build for your future, not your past!” - Futurist Jim CarrollIt's easy to cling to...

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Daily Inspiration: “Every great future was once but a small, barely discernible opportunity!”

“Every great future was once but a small, barely discernible opportunity!” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “The pandemic has laid bare the vast gap between Powerpoint promises, potential performance – and actual achievement!”

"The pandemic has laid bare the vast gap between Powerpoint promises, potential performance - and...

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Daily Inspiration: “Control of the speed of innovation in every single industry is now being set by Silicon Valley!”

"Control of the speed of innovation in every single industry is now being set by Silicon Valley!" -...

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Daily Inspiration: “A slow start doesn’t mean a lost race when you’ve got acceleration on your side!”

“A slow start doesn’t mean a lost race when you’ve got acceleration on your side!” -...

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George! Spock!

That is...

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Daily Inspiration: “Bold visionairies never marginalize the potential of their future by clinging to the mediocrity of their past!”

“Bold visionaries never marginalize the potential of their future by clinging to the mediocrity...

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Innovation Isn’t What You Think It Is – Here’s What You Need to Know!

The following article was published in AkzoNoble's  "A" Magazine, featuring some of my thoughts on...

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The Disruptive Trends that Define Your REALLY BIG Future. But Are You Thinking too Small?

Individually, any trend is disruptive. Combine them together, and it's transformative. When...

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Daily Inspiration:“It’s often better to inspire people with the hope of what they can achieve, rather than the fear of what they cannot!”

"It's often better to inspire people with the hope of what they can achieve, rather than the fear...

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Daily Inspiration: “We will see more change in the next 5 years than we have seen in the last 50!”

“We will see more change in the next 5 years than we have seen in the last 50!” - Futurist Jim...

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Custom Leadership Video Production – “World Class Innovators” & Reinventing Your Thought Leadership Process!

Are you a CEO, HR executive or strategy expert that needs to bring your team up to date with the...

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Daily Inspiration: “It’s not yesterday’s success that matters – it’s how you reinvent it for tomorrow that counts!”

“It's not yesterday’s success that matters - it’s how you reinvent it for tomorrow that...

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Trend : Workback Pushback – What happens when People DON’T Want to Go Back to the Office?

As we start to enter the next, new phase of our post-pandemic world, what happens when people don't...

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Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to shift your thinking from ‘just-in-time’ to ‘just-in-case!’”

“It’s time to shift your thinking from ‘just-in-time’ to ‘just-in-case!’” - Futurist...

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Daily Inspiration: “World-class innovators possess a daring need for speed, disrupting themselves before they are disrupted!” – 

"World-class innovators possess a daring need for speed, disrupting themselves before they are...

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Daily Inspiration: “Our future? You can pretty much presume that ‘normal’ is going to be anything but!”

“Our future? You can pretty much presume that ‘normal’ is going to be anything but!” -...

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The Dark Underside of a Usually Optimistic Future: How Bad Could Things Get? Pretty Bad!

I bill myself as an "Optimistic Futurist."My running joke when walking out on stage was - and...

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Daily Inspiration: “Visionairies see the opportunities that other people can’t dream of in their wildest imagination!”

“Visionaries see the opportunities that other people can’t dream of in their wildest...

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Daily Inspiration: “Are you structured for slow in a world that is accelerating faster?”

“Are you structured for slow in a world that is accelerating faster?” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Let loose your wildest imagination. Let it happen faster than you think. That’s your future.”

“Let loose your wildest imagination. Let it happen faster than you think. That’s your...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your biggest opportunities might actually come from simply going around the smallest of barriers!”

"Your biggest opportunities might actually come from simply going around the smallest of...

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It’s National Teachers Day. They’re burned out, tired, dispirited, angry. Somehow they soldier on….

Teachers.They are burned out, dispirited, demotivated, tired. They're angry at being pawns in...

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Daily Inspiration: “The acceleration gap is real, it’s growing, and your inability to narrow it will increasingly impact your future!”

“The acceleration gap is real, it’s growing, and your inability to narrow it will increasingly...

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Video : Understanding the Impact of the Acceleration Gap!

Are you structured for slow in a fast world?The global pandemic has changed the axis of our...

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Daily Inspiration: “To get to the idea, at least turn the lightbulb on!”

“To get to the idea, at least turn the lightbulb on!” - Futurist Jim CarrollOn this...

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The Era of Acceleration? It Just Got Faster!

Here's a clip where I'm on stage a few years back, at an event where the CEO and his team are...

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Daily Inspiration: “You can’t manufacture success from wishful thinking!”

"You can't manufacture success from wishful thinking!" - Futurist Jim CarrollThe future...

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Daily Inspiration: “It’s no longer just survival of the fittest – it’s now the absolute dominance of the fastest!”

“It’s no longer just survival of the fittest - it’s now the absolute dominance of the...

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Checklist: Many organizations are structured for failure. Are you?

“Failure? It's an attitude that is often preceded by its actual occurrence” - Futurist Jim...

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On This Day, 4/29/13 -> “Surviving the Information Age” – And Why Boomers Struggle with Tech!

On this day in 2013, in Orlando, Florida - at the Lender Decades of Distinction event - my audience...

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Daily Inspiration: “Every time you make a mistake, you’ve actually made a direct deposit into your ‘creativity & innovation savings bank!’” – Futurist Jim Carroll

“Every time you make a mistake, you’ve actually made a direct deposit into your ‘creativity...

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Your Biggest Challenge? You Are Structured for Slow – in a World that is Crazy Stupid Fast!

Hey, guess what!You’re structured for slow in a world that is ridiculously fast!What’s...

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Daily Inspiration: “You need to bridge the ‘acceleration gap’ – the disconnect between the velocity of change and your ability to keep up!”

“You need to bridge the ‘acceleration gap’ - the disconnect between the velocity of change...

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We Are the Relentless Optimists. These Are Our Core Beliefs. You Might Want to Join Us.

“The future? It’s better to travel there in hope than to arrive in fear!” - Futurist Jim...

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Video: The Future is Going to Happen Faster Than You Think!

On this day, in 2018.And if you think about it, the future was pretty slow back then. In the...

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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAST features the best of the insight from Jim Carroll’s blog, in which he
covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.

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