The 26 Principles, Revisited — #18: Anti-Fragility — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 15, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #11: Chase the Dumbest Idea in the Room
October 15, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: Timing Is Everything
October 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage Speaking to the American Truck Dealers, I shared what I call my fourth rule of...
Keynote Case Study: Deloitte University — The Industrialization of Intelligence
October 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollAt Deloitte University's Chief Data Analytics Officer Summit, Jim Carroll addressed senior...
Keynote Case Study: iA Financial Group – Automotive — The Future of Automotive Warranty & Protection Services
October 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollFor a private CEO-level session with approximately 15 senior leaders from iA Financial Group –...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #17: Unapologetic Uniqueness — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #10: Follow the 5,126-Prototype Rule
October 14, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: 10 Great Words for a High-Velocity Economy
October 13, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage I've closed hundreds of keynotes the same way: by leaving the audience with ten...
Keynote Case Study: ISACA + IIA GRC Conference — Risk Was Moving at Machine Speed
October 13, 2026, BY JimCarrollJim delivered a closing keynote in San Diego on how AI, autonomous systems and accelerating...
Keynote Case Study: Toronto Hydro — The Energy Future Was Arriving Faster Than Legacy Assumptions
October 13, 2026, BY JimCarrollJim addressed Toronto Hydro leaders at a CEO Leadership Meeting on electrification, AI, battery...
The Future Belongs to the Uniquely Curious
October 13, 2026, BY JimCarrollThe people who shape what comes next are usually the ones still asking why, long after everyone...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #16: Scale Blindness — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 13, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #9: Fail Faster, Learn Faster
October 13, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
Meetings Don’t Create Momentum. Decisions Do.
October 12, 2026, BY JimCarrollDiscuss. Review. Revise. Circle back. Another meeting. Sound familiar? Decisions, not...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #15: Escape Velocity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 12, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #8: Kill Aggressive Indecision
October 12, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
I Registered YottaBit.com 26 Years Ago. The Future Is Finally Catching Up – at the Yottabit.com Domain!
October 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollIntroducing Yottabits! [caption id="attachment_56181" align="aligncenter" width="1610"]...
From the Stage: What This Series Is About
October 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage For more than 30 years I've stood on stages around the world with the same...
Be Curious. Full Stop.
October 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollEvery interesting career I have studied started with someone asking an inconvenient...
Make “Good Enough” the Enemy
October 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollComfort today, regret tomorrow. "Good enough" is a trap dressed up as a compliment. Two new...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #14: Hype Immunity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #7: Invest in Experiential Capital
October 9, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: Remember the Maytag Repairman?
October 8, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage Remember the old TV ads about the loneliest man in the world? The Maytag...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #13: Wisdom Inversion — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 8, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #6: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast
October 8, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: You Aren’t Selling a Widget Anymore
October 7, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage Speaking to the Philips sales team, I put the challenge bluntly: "competing on...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #12: Strategic Humility — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 7, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #5: Treat Organizational Sclerosis as a Disease, Not a Metaphor
October 7, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: Experiential Capital
October 6, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage "Innovators invest heavily in experiential capital." What is it? I put it simply...
When Everyone Has the Same Magic, Is There Any Magic Left?
October 6, 2026, BY JimCarrollIf every organization has access to the identical AI tools, the tools stop being the...
Average Is a Decision
October 6, 2026, BY JimCarrollAverage doesn't happen to you. It happens one small choice at a time. That's the honest,...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #11: Radical Subtraction — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 6, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #4: Run a Regular Attitude Inventory
October 6, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: What’s Your Tin Can?
October 5, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage Speaking to Godiva Chocolates and its sister companies about the future of food...
Small Habits. Big Results.
October 5, 2026, BY JimCarrollSame 24 hours. Different choices. A brighter you. It really can be that simple. Two new...
The Future, Sector by Sector — Agriculture: Yesterday’s Farm Ran on Daylight, Tomorrow’s Runs on Data
October 5, 2026, BY JimCarrollLast stop on this tour — and it's where the whole idea started. Regular readers already know...
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #10: Collaborative Velocity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
October 5, 2026, BY JimCarrollPart of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine...
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #3: Never Let a Committee Touch a New Idea
October 5, 2026, BY JimCarrollI've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went...
From the Stage: Don’t Be Motorola
October 2, 2026, BY JimCarrollFrom the stage At Legrand in 2017, an executive named John asked me the question every audience...
In an AI World of Sameness, Unique Wins
October 2, 2026, BY JimCarrollAI has made it remarkably easy to sound like everyone else. The only output it cannot generate...
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