Daily Inspiration: “Committees are the black holes of the corporate universe – it’s where innovation goes to die….”
December 5, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Committees are the black holes of the corporate universe - it’s where innovation goes to die,...
Daily Inspiration: “Seek the inspiration that you need with your wins – learn from the hard lessons that come from your losses!”
December 4, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Seek the inspiration that you need with your wins - learn from the hard lessons that come from...
Were You Watching How Fast 2019 Happened? So What’s Your Plan for 2020?
December 3, 2019, BY JimCarrollIt's the 'era of acceleration' and a race to the future.Were you even at the starting...
The Acceleration of Risk – When AI Goes Bad…
December 3, 2019, BY JimCarrollA few months ago, the National Safety Council had me as the closing keynote speaker for their...
Daily Inspiration: “When the speed of change is relentless, choose to be your faster self!”
December 3, 2019, BY JimCarroll“When the speed of change is relentless, choose to be your faster self!” - Futurist Jim...
10 Surefire Ways to Kill Creativity, Innovation and Strategy!
December 2, 2019, BY JimCarrollYou know that you are failing. Ideas are being lost, opportunities are being squandered, initiative...
Daily Inspiration: “….the opportunities that you should pursue, the challenges you must avoid, and the wisdom to make the right decision…”
December 2, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Disrupting your future before it disrupts you? It’s all about knowing the opportunities that...
Daily Inspiration: “You can defer your decisions, but you can’t defer your reality!”
November 29, 2019, BY JimCarroll“You can defer your decisions, but you can't defer your reality!” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “If you aren’t worried about your competition, check your assumptions. If you aren’t yet terrified about those that don’t yet exist, check your pulse!”
November 28, 2019, BY JimCarroll"If you aren't worried about your competition, check your assumptions. If you aren’t terrified...
Find Your Future – Because It’s All Around You Right Now!
November 27, 2019, BY JimCarrollOver the last few months, I've spent some time to edit a few highlights of keynotes - from my talk...
Daily Inspiration: “The easiest decision that you can make is to decide to do what you’ve always done before. Yet in your heart, you know it’s not the right decision!”
November 27, 2019, BY JimCarroll“The easiest decision that you can make is to decide to do what you’ve always done before. Yet...
Disruption: Understand What It Means – Understand What It Does!
November 26, 2019, BY JimCarrollHere's a clip from an event where I'm doing a live text message poll with my audience - using...
On This OK Boomer Thing: The NO PLATE story!
November 26, 2019, BY JimCarrollFrom the vaults. It's 2012. I’m on stage at an event in Orlando, talking about my book...
The 10 Words That Can Jumpstart Your Innovation Efforts!
November 26, 2019, BY JimCarrollLast month, the Entrepreneur and Family Business Council of DePaul University had me in for a talk...
Daily Inspiration: “A belief that your success is guaranteed, that you are immune to disruption …these FICTIONS are HARMFUL!”
November 26, 2019, BY JimCarroll“A belief that your success is guaranteed, that you are immune to disruption, and that what...
Daily Inspiration: ““Worrying about your future won’t prevent it. Embracing it will let you change it!”
November 25, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Worrying about your future won’t prevent it. Embracing it will let you change it!” -...
Keynote Clip: On Stage at the World Government Summit In Dubai
November 23, 2019, BY JimCarrollIt's the era of acceleration: are you too slow when the world is too fast?It was a thrill to...
Mindset Matters – Aligning to the Era of Acceleration
November 22, 2019, BY JimCarrollActually, it doesn't. It all depends on how you look at it. Mindset matters!Here's a clip to...
Daily Inspiration: “The future? It goes to 11!”
November 22, 2019, BY JimCarroll“The future? It goes to 11! You can’t become comfortably numb, or dazed and confused in how you...
Unique Topics, Global Events, Deep Insight, Disruptive Thinking : This is What a Futurist Does!
November 21, 2019, BY JimCarrollI'm touring over in Portugal after an opening keynote last week for an event in Morocco for the...
Daily Inspiration: “No one knows what Spacely Sprockets actually makes….”
November 21, 2019, BY JimCarroll“No one knows what Spacely Sprockets actually makes, but you can be certain that it is some sort...
Daily Inspiration: “There is no problem that we will solve by pretending that it doesn’t exist!”
November 20, 2019, BY JimCarroll“There is no problem that we will solve by pretending that it doesn’t exist!” -Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “…incremental innovation? A continuous series of mistakes…”
November 19, 2019, BY JimCarroll“The best definition of incremental innovation? A continuous series of mistakes, each of them...
The Future of Trucking and Transportation: Connectivity is the New Horsepower!
November 18, 2019, BY JimCarrollThe National Automotive Dealers Association has booked me to join them for their annual conference...
Daily Inspiration: “Tradition and routine is usually found at the root of all failure!”
November 18, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Tradition and routine is usually found at the root of all failure!” -Futurist Jim...
The Collapse of Attention Spans, and the Future of Packaging
November 15, 2019, BY JimCarrollLast week, I was the closing keynote speaker for an event for a group of companies that supply...
Daily Inspiration: “Be stealthy with your radical concepts…”
November 15, 2019, BY JimCarroll"Be stealthy with your radical concepts, because out there are the innovation killers. They’re...
Daily Inspiration: “Optimism is your opportunity!”
November 14, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Optimism is your opportunity!” - Futurist Jim CarrollWhat a day in Marrakech yesterday...
Financial Services – The Ultimate Disruption!
November 13, 2019, BY JimCarrollOver the last 25 years, I have spoken to customer/client facing staff of some of the world's...
Daily Inspiration: “The decline in carbon energy and the end of the internal combustion engine…..”
November 13, 2019, BY JimCarroll“The decline in carbon energy and the end of the internal combustion engine. Renewable power...
What is Innovation? This Is!
November 12, 2019, BY JimCarrollRethink it!It's about asking yourself three questions - what can I do to run the business...
Daily Inspiration: “It’s better to be inspired by the scope of the opportunity than to be overwhelmed by the speed of the change!”
November 12, 2019, BY JimCarroll“It’s better to be inspired by the scope of the opportunity than to be overwhelmed by the speed...
The Two Most Innovative Industries Today? Not What You Might Be Thinking!
November 11, 2019, BY JimCarrollA few years ago, the global genetic pharmaceutical company giant Genentech had me in for a talk on...
Daily Inspiration: “Today’s plan? Tomorrow!”
November 11, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Today’s plan? Tomorrow!” - Futurist Jim CarrollGood morning from Morocco!We...
Someone Will Make a Lot of Money with Small Trucks – Because the Future Happens, but It Arrives Unevenly
November 8, 2019, BY JimCarrollSmall is the new big, and someone is going to make a lot of money off of small trucks.Why?...
Daily Inspiration: “If you can’t handle the truth, you can’t handle the future!”
November 8, 2019, BY JimCarroll“If you can’t handle the truth, you can’t handle the future!” - #Futurist Jim...
Keynote: HAVI Global Solutions, Chicago, IL : 2019 North American Packaging Supplier Summit
November 7, 2019, BY JimCarrollA conference involving the companies who supply McDonalds with product packaging. Given that,...
Energy & Utilities: Basically, They are Now Just Insurance Companies
November 7, 2019, BY JimCarrollThe trends are massive - catch this clip from where I'm on stage for the annual SAP Utilities...
Daily Inspiration: “Serendipity should be your new engine of creativity!”
November 7, 2019, BY JimCarroll“Serendipity should be your new engine of creativity!” - #Futurist Jim CarrollIt’s...
Pardon Me While I Interrupt Your Complacency! Companies Die From Organizational Sclerosis: Here’s Why!
November 6, 2019, BY JimCarrollSome months back, I was I'm killing some time waiting for ay flight in Paris's Charles deGaulle...
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